Strapped

by Laurinda D. Brown

Seeking escape from the pain that become her life, Monique Cummings finds refuge the only way she knows how. Like the clothes shoved in the bottom of her duffle bag when she flees her mother s house, she packs away the naiveté of her lovely, pigtailed young girl she used to be and replaces it with a newfound masculine boldness. Seeking refuge in a lesbian existence, Monique morphs into a street thug with the soul of a woman. Inside the world of Strapped, life is on real edgy, unnerving, passionate, and true. Without the ones in your life who care, Strapped could be you. it proves that sometimes life just happens. Continuing where the sort story Mon left off in her 2006 best-selling novel, Walk Like A Man, author Laurinda D. Brown again weaves a tale in Strapped that will have pages turning and tongues wagging.

Genres: Gay

288 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 2007

Reviews

[Ashleigh · Rating 5 out of 5]

FROM THIS BOOK I LEARNED THAT LIFE HAS MANY SITUATIONS THAT YOU HAVE TO OVER COME AND MOVE ON FROM. I ALSO LEARNED THAT YOU HAVE TO FORGIVE PEOPLE AND THEY WILL FORGIVE YOU BUT YOU DONT HAVE TO FORGET WHAT THEY DID TO YOU. AND THE LAST THING I LEARNED WAS THAT IT DOES NOT MATHER WHAT YOU ARE , (GAY OR STRAIGHT ), YOU CAN FIND LOVE ANY WHERE.

I FELT THAT THIS BOOK SHOWED HOW SOME PEOPLE LIFE CAN BE AND THAT I SHOULDNT BE GREATFUL FOR ALL THE THINGS I HAVE . I FEEL THAT I HAVR TO WATCH OUT FOR MY SORROUNDINGS AND NOT TREAT PEOPLE BADLY

[Tess · Rating 3 out of 5]

the language was stopping me up a little in the beginning but once I got the rhythm I liked the story. It would be a very powerful movie, speaking to victims of sexual assault and the transgender community.

[Dorina · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is great. I can relate to this book because i know what girls go through. I think this book has a lot of spunk, because it told a story about a young girl who got raped when she was young.

[Justyce Nelson]

this boook was very good

[Turquoise · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is very uplifting and i feel in love with it. Laurinda D. Brown as became one of my favorite authors now. Keep up all the good work. Keeping doing work doing .

[Dionna Johnson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Absolutely not! I tried to read this mess but...no no.

[Kiyah Thompson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A lot of it is written in AAVE so once you get into the flow of the book it becomes an absolute page turner. Steer clear if you're sensitive about about graphic details of sexual abuse/assault.

[Tonya r]

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