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Danielle Santiago ISBN: 0743277600
Format: Hardcover, 256pp
Pub. Date: April 2006
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
BBP Sales Rank: 84,847
List Price: $22.00 |
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Danielle Santiago's Little Ghetto Girl: A Harlem Story was an Essence magazine
#1 bestseller, a compelling portrayal of the challenges young women face in
ghettos across America. Now Santiago's putting it down again, better than ever,
moving on from the little girl to the grown woman in Grindin', the second in
her trilogy of Harlem Stories.
Holding the story down in Grindin' is Kennedy Sanchez, a twenty-two-year-old
beautiful, talented, street-smart single mom with a heart of gold. After
partying and "grindin'" in Las Vegas, and clearing more than $100,000 and a bag
of diamonds by robbing rich, white gamblers, Kennedy and her cousin Nina fly
back home to New York. Later that night, Kennedy gets a call informing her that
Nina is being beaten up by her boyfriend - and it's worse than any time before.
Kennedy rushes over to help, but it's too late: Nina dies in Kennedy's arms
after making her promise to take care of her children.
Kennedy steps up to the plate, now becoming the mother of three more kids and
moving them into a brownstone in Harlem. She knows she needs to refocus. Her
opportunity to do so comes in the form of Chaz, a successful hip-hop artist who
sees star quality written all over her.
She's offered a chance to become a rapper and leaves the streets behind - or at
least shifts to another kind of grind. Once she's in the music world, she
realizes that the setting may have changed, but the hustle remains the same.
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