Hood Rat: A Novel
Oct 2006 · Hood Rat Book 1 · Sold by St. Martin's Griffin
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In the heart of Harlem, four women fight to survive the gritty streets and find love in a world that threatens to tear them apart.
Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets, but learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold.
Billy, a former high school basketball star, has been looking for love. Then she meets someone new and her whole world is turned upside down, leaving her forever changed.
Reese is an around-the-way chick, trying to keep up with the Joneses. Her promiscuity leads to an unexpected pregnancy from a one-night stand, forcing her to break an age-old family cycle and stand on her own.
Rhonda is twenty-something with three kids by three different men, riding the system all the way to the bank. Her games soon turn ugly when one of her "sponsors" decides to seek revenge.
In this gritty urban fiction novel, national bestselling author K'wan weaves a dramatic tale of four friends as they navigate the perils of street life, love, and betrayal in Hood Rat, a scandalous story that will leave Harlem forever changed.
Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets, but learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold.
Billy, a former high school basketball star, has been looking for love. Then she meets someone new and her whole world is turned upside down, leaving her forever changed.
Reese is an around-the-way chick, trying to keep up with the Joneses. Her promiscuity leads to an unexpected pregnancy from a one-night stand, forcing her to break an age-old family cycle and stand on her own.
Rhonda is twenty-something with three kids by three different men, riding the system all the way to the bank. Her games soon turn ugly when one of her "sponsors" decides to seek revenge.
In this gritty urban fiction novel, national bestselling author K'wan weaves a dramatic tale of four friends as they navigate the perils of street life, love, and betrayal in Hood Rat, a scandalous story that will leave Harlem forever changed.
In the heart of Harlem, four women fight to survive the gritty streets and find love in a world that threatens to tear them apart.
Yoshi is young, fine, and larcenous. She lives her life playing on men's hearts as well as their pockets, but learns the hard way that all that glitters isn't gold.
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198 reviews
shanté jones
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June 6, 2016
From the moment i purchased this book I could not put it down. The first page has you wanting to read more. The author is a very talented writers. Even though there was a few misspelled words you can easily figure out what it was supposed to be.. I love this book from the beginning to the end. Keep up the good work. This book Definitely made my top 10 urban novels
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Dianna Davila
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January 23, 2013
I personally could not put the book down. To make since of all the people in the book you have to follow this book with still hood and eve, all are bad a**! Hats off kwan, I loved them.
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Porshia Egerson
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January 19, 2017
I really enjoy reading books of this nature. Fictional stories of urban neighborhoods, lives, and relationships. The story is ALWAYS a story that can be true, have been happening, or may be going on in the world outside of literature.
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About the author
K'WAN is the #1 Essence bestselling author of Welfare Wifeys, Section 8, Gutter, Still Hood, and others. He wrote his first novel, Gangsta, as a therapeutic release, and it went on to become an Essence bestseller and a part of urban-lit history. In 2008 he received the Black Author of the Year Award from Black Press Radio. He has been featured in Time, KING, The New York Press, and on MTV and BET. Besides an author, K'wan is also a motivational speaker, a mentor to at-risk children and the C.E.O. of Black Dawn, Inc. He lives in New Jersey.
K'WAN is the #1 Essence bestselling author of Welfare Wifeys, Section 8, Gutter, Still Hood, and others. He wrote his first novel, Gangsta, as a therapeutic release, and it went on to become an Essence bestseller and a part of urban-lit history. In 2008 he received the Black Author of the Year Aw...
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