Born Bright : A Young Girl's Journey from Nothing to Something in America (Hardcover)

from froxgirl

This autobiography of an African American "overachiever" may be as typical a story of growing up poor in America as "Catcher in the Rye" is of growing up white and privileged. Chataquoa, a/k/a Pumpkin, growing up in Southern California, is the child of teenaged parents. Although her family occasi...

from Carolee888

C. Nicole Mason had a purpose in mind when she wrote Born Bright. By way of her own memoir from childhood through college, she wanted to reveal what true poverty in the United States is. It is not as simple as people not having enough money, but rather much more complex. Living in various cities ...

from froxgirl

This autobiography of an African American "overachiever" may be as typical a story of growing up poor in America as "Catcher in the Rye" is of growing up white and privileged. Chataquoa, a/k/a Pumpkin, growing up in Southern California, is the child of teenaged parents. Although her family occasi...

from Carolee888

C. Nicole Mason had a purpose in mind when she wrote Born Bright. By way of her own memoir from childhood through college, she wanted to reveal what true poverty in the United States is. It is not as simple as people not having enough money, but rather much more complex. Living in various cities ...