MEMOIRS OF THE DARK CHOCOLATE YEARS COMING FROM ASTORIA PROJECTS PART 1 THE BEGINNING: URBAN BIOGRAPHY

by Labretta Simmons

Overview

Take a heartfelt journey with Lorina Simmons, otherwise known as Chocolate, who was raised in one of the roughest housing projects in Queens, New York, and see her life through her words. She bares her struggles and her painful, poverty-stricken life, in which she suffered abandonment and many phases of abuse. After being raised by her grandmother and her drug-addicted mother, she landed in the foster care system. Tossed from ghetto to ghetto, her life became a series of battles, which included promiscuity, petty crimes, drugs, violence, survival, education, and love. Will self-destruction be the outcome for young Chocolate for years to come, especially when she met Maurice Sparks, a handsome red bone with ulterior motives, or will C.J. (Corey Jeppard), another stunning man and veteran be the key to life-altering decisions?Will a world full of deceit and betrayal make or break her? Through turmoil, however, music became her guide and sanctuary, as she continued to survive in the belly of the beast, known as the streets.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162903475
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/02/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	362 KB

About the Author

Labretta Simmons is Novelist born and raised in Astoria Queens New York with two published released books. She is an inspiring self-published author, mother, poet, advocate for the justice system and motivational speaker. She is best known for biographical and fictional work. She incorporates her own life story in her newly proclaimed MEMOIRS OF THE DARK CHOCOLATE YEARS COMING FROM ASTORIA PROJECTS part 1 THE BEGINNING has dropped May 2020. She managed to escape her abusive childhood and ended up in the Foster care system. She reaches audiences of all ethnic backgrounds in relation to poverty, families of drugs and alcohol abuse, group homes, foster homes, domestic violence and mass incarceration. During the authors incarceration in 2012, she became motivated and inspired to write a series of books that pertained to her own life story. MEMOIRS OF THE DARK CHOCOLATE YEARS PART 2 STRICTLY VICIOUS will be finished in May 2021. She also wrote an urban fictional novel called EVERY MAN HELD ACCOUNTABLE, which is a great urban thriller of a female vigilante seeking revenge, and love, has been available since August 2020. The authors life reflects her outstanding character and unique talent for writing. She incorporates poetry in her work and describes her love for music as well. The author is an essential worker and self-employed. She is also an Amazon best seller for kindle and paper back and soon to be audible. While working on her third novel, she is dedicated and puts her mind to master her work. Ever since her release from prison in 2015, she been an advocate for the prison system giving back knowledge and helping incarcerated individuals. She is a spokesperson and volunteer for homeless shelters during the pandemic. Promotes, self-worth, self-love and appreciation to all. She is very inspirational to others within her community of Queens as well as Brooklyn New York which is her present home. She has proven herself as a self-proclaimed author to work harder than the average Joe and has received great star reviews on Amazon's platform. Other projects such as CHOCOLATE'S LOVE LETTER CHRONICLES will be available September 2021 and EVERY MAN HELD ACCOUNTABLE part 2 BLOODLINE will be available in the fall of 2022. She brings her best sequence of stories to life with gripping tales of reality and strife. She also has created boundaries above and beyond her limitations to give readers what they thirst for,