"...this is a story about a very imperfect person in a very imperfect world..."

"...a story that is a hard read but yet important to read..."

"...Dean takes you on in her raw and emotional novel..."

"....the police brutality is mind blowing."

....the stories are very familiar."

"......a brutal underworld...."

"... they never lost their values or belief in who they were ..."

"Powerful book!"

"....I laughed, I cried....."

...harrowing and often confronting...