Crying for Tears: The Sasha Pierce Story

by Saleem Little, Joey Pinkney (Contributor)

Every woman faces her own individual heartache at some point or another in her life. Whether it is dealing with the jaded feelings of lost love, the misuse of an abusive man, the disappointment, and embarrassment of divorce, or the financial woes of being a single mother; all women must survive some personal tragedy in their lives. In this gripping tale of lost souls, misguided teens, rapists, bastardized children, disease, human trafficking, and abuse; three women s lives are tested, nearly torn apart, and then tied together by one motivating force...their wills to survive. After Sasha s father dies from a heroin overdose and her mother gives her up for adoption, she is quickly lost to the allures of the street life; drugs, sex, money. Infatuated with seeming older than her years, she lies to men about her age so they will sleep with her, uses fake IDs to get into clubs, and eventually inherits the burdens of being a single, teen mother with an ailment she must live with forever. Denise's life is scarred by dysfunctional men, drug use, divorce and a mother's agony of dealing with a rebellious child. Since her first divorce Denise's been caring for her two sons alone. From sacrificing for their sakes to spending sleepless nights waiting for them to return safely from the streets, Denise faces a mother s ultimate pain when her son becomes a suspect in a murder. Amina is a poor girl from South Africa. Like so many children in her village, her parents have passed away from AIDS. She is forced to care for her brothers and sisters alone at the age of fourteen. Enticed by a friend to come work for her friends in Norway, Amina soon finds herself in a brothel being forced to prostitute by brutal traffickers. See how six degrees of separation ties the lives of these three women together in this spell-bounding novel.

232 pages, Paperback

Published November 5, 2018

About the author

Writer, Poet, Publisher - Saleem Little is the author of over ten novels and Co-Founder and Owner of Mitanni Publishing (A subsidiary of Lexington Press). Some of his interest include: writing, reading, traveling, painting and spending time family.

In 2006 I lost a friend named Kareem Williams. He was murdered at the age of 24. At that point, I knew no other way to express myself than through writing. I began to write about our lives up until the point of his death and what had led us to that point.

The path to self-discovery starts with this sort of introspection and in this introspective state I discovered within the self a love for writing. After completing "Get In, Get Out" a story loosely based around the lives of those closest to me, I realized I had so many more stories to tell. This led to the sequel of "Get In, Get Out" - "Love and the Game" - and a plethora of books to follow.

In between books I kept myself busy with the writing of poems and songs. This led to another discovery, the artist within.

After exhausting a lifetime of ideas, I decided to publish the works of others while my life experiences slowly developed new stories to be written later.

Writing is a major part of my life and I appreciate all who take time out of their busy days to view and support my work.