| Bad Girlz Contributor(s): Holmes, Shannon (Author), Peeples, Erica (Read by) |
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ISBN: 148309782X ISBN-13: 9781483097824 Publisher: Buck 50 Productions OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: June 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | African American - Urban - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Women |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Series: Bad Girlz |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 5.2" W x 5.8" (0.35 lbs) |
| Themes: - Demographic Orientation - Urban - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Shannon Holmes, the bestselling author of B-More Careful, delivers a wild adventure on the streets of the Badlands, one of the toughest and poorest communities in Philadelphia.Bad Girlz takes listeners into the mysterious and often dangerous lives of young women who turn to the streets and strip clubs as a means of survival. These are girls who, along the way, suffer bad breaks and find themselves ripe for exploitation by men and women who pretend to be their saviors.Tender and Goldie are taken under wing by Kat, a veteran stripper who enjoys the life and the risks she must take to stay in the mix of the sex trade. Both of these young and beautiful girls end up in dire straits and are in need of Kat's help for the same reasons: they lack the love and support that most of us expect from our home and our community. Where they live, illegal money is often the only money to be made, and the difference between the law and the outlaw is tough to discern.Holmes tells a page-turning story of sex, money, and murder in the name of survival and reveals the many ways in which good girls--as they try to get by in desperate situations--become Bad Girlz. |
Contributor Bio(s): Holmes, Shannon: - Shannon Holmes is the nationally bestselling author of more than seven novels, including B-More Careful, Bad Girlz, Never Go Home Again, Dirty Game, Caught Up, and more. Peeples, Erica: -Erica B. Peeples graduated from the Juilliard School and has had roles in Joe Turner's Come and Gone at Berkeley Rep and in A Raisin in the Sun at the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company in Vermont. Her television credits include Law & Order, and her film credits include Today's Special and Fighter. She is also CEO and cofounder of "the Qrew," a group of artists that performs throughout New York City. |