Rementa "Remmi" Broughten has a plan. She's gonna be
somebody, no matter what it takes. With only a high
school education but possessing a strikingly beautiful
face and body, she's pretty sure she knows what success
will require. After all, she learned this lesson early
from her mother. "A girl's gotta eat."
With Shannelle Anderson, her best friend since grade
school, now a stripper in a Harlem club by her side, Remmi
schemes to transition from an extra in music videos to a
star in the entertainment industry. All she needs is a
break. And she'll take one wherever and however it comes,
whether by getting the best of a criminal enterprise or
laying with a married mover and shaker in the
entertainment industry.
Yes, both Remmi and Shannelle know what success requires—
scheming and exploiting their bodies to get ahead—but do
they really know what such success will cost them? When
unexpected tragedy befalls Remmi and Shannelle, Remmi
begins to reevaluate her choices. Too bad she has to tie
up a few loose ends—and she'll do it the only way she
knows how—before she'll be free to enjoy the success she
so desperately craves.
A GIRL'S GOTTA EAT examines the choices made by young
women who desire celebrity, fame, and fortune and who
learn way too early through sad and difficult
circumstances that their bodies are a valuable commodity.
The fast-paced story draws the reader in and keeps her
riveted until the last page, even when the main characters
and their choices are, at times, contemptible. Michelle
Valentine presents an all too real slice of urban life in
excellent fashion. She paints Remmi, a bright young
woman, as someone equally deserving of empathy and
dislike. Because empathy wins in the end, A GIRL'S GOTTA
EAT is a recommended urban fiction read.
A slick-talking, cunning sex siren, Remmi comes from humble
beginnings and a tragic past, but is determined to make it
in the male-dominated, dog-eat-dog world of Hollywood-using
any-and everyone to make her dreams a reality. Only
associating with those who can assist her climb up the
success ladder, Remmi encounters a slew of suitors each of
whom in some way has hand in helping her.
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