Brown turns her first 'trick' at age eleven. She then decides that she hates God.Īfter months of unrelenting abuse, Brown runs away and ends up meeting a prostitute, Candy, who teaches her about life on the streets, including how to smoke marijuana, and introduces her to prostitution. She also decides that since God took her mother away from her as well as allowed the rape to happen to her, then He must not like Brown very much. Although the drink makes Brown feel very good at first, she proceeds to relate what she describes as being a nightmare. Brown provides a frank account of how Pete thrusts a glass of rum and coke into her hand, tells her to drink it and how 'everything happened so fast' afterwards. Within days of arriving, Brown is raped by her foster mother's nephew, Pete. Brown believes that Connie feels entitled to cause trouble for the foster children in any way that her cruel mind will allow because of her perceived higher familial status.

For example, she is quick to point out to Brown that she is the real (biological) child of Diane as opposed to being a foster child. Diane's biological daughter, Connie, is also portrayed as sadistic, reportedly deriving pleasure from tormenting Brown and the other children who resided in the foster home. Their foster mother, Diane, forced them to clean her entire house every day and physically abused them if she wasn't satisfied.

Since her biological father only acquired custody because he wanted to receive social security checks, she and her brother were placed in a stranger's foster home, along with several other children. Brown's mother died in 1976, when Brown was age 11. The story begins in January 1975 when the female protagonist, born LaVetteMichelle Brown, gives a short account of why her mother named her Cupcake Brown. The book describes Brown's descent into teenage prostitution and drug addiction.Īlthough doubt has been cast as to the veracity of events described in the memoir, Brown maintains that the events in the book are real. Urn:oclc:869397662 Republisher_date 20120618201223 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120615032453 Scanner Piece of Cake: A Memoir is an autobiography by Cupcake Brown, published by Crown in 2006. OL5823995W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 97.08 Pages 486 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:1400052297 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 18:23:05 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA148101 Boxid_2 CH115201 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donorīostonpubliclibrary Edition 1st ed.

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