Publisher's Synopsis
When young Brie Taylor flees from her husband she hides in a dangerous neighborhood far across the huge city and the wealthy area of which she is familiar only to find that the challenges she face may be too great to bear. Brie has a strategy to overcome this new impoverished life; however, just months into her plan, it begins to disintegrate and she is faced with hurdles that threaten to destroy her. Brie's only solace is her boss, Annie Mae, a larger-than-life black woman who both strengthens Brie and prods her toward her destiny. Filled with humorous insights and heart-wrenching antidotes, this book will take you into a world that sheds light upon real-life discrepancies between right and wrong, prejudice and acceptance, fulfillment and longing.
