Silenced by Kia Dupree
By Teresa Beasley • Oct 30th, 2011 • Category: Book Review 2011 •
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A mother’s love normally runs deep and the bond is hard to break. A time comes when a mother has to let her children go in order for them to learn on their own. In Silenced by Kia Dupree, readers learn about a struggling mother and her relationship with her daughter.
Nicola is trying her best to raise her three children in the heart of the projects in Washington, DC. It becomes harder each day because the streets keep calling her sons to a life of dangerous consequences. After the family settles down, Nicola starts seeing a change in her daughter, Tinka. Nicola is at her wits end but does not want to give up on her children.
Tinka is growing up around thieves, drug dealers and two destructive brothers. She is frustrated because her mother depends on her too much. Tinka reaches her boiling point and realizes that she does not want to be the apple of her mother’s eye. Tinka breaks out on a new lease on life, which includes new adventures and an unsuspected ending.
Silenced is about change and all change is not good. It is also about a daughter who learns about life the hard way. I could appreciate the mother and daughter relationship displayed in this book because it reminded me of myself. However, the book starts slow and picks up too late in the story. It did not have a wow factor for me and it was hard to stay interested. The issues portrayed in this book reminded me of what many single mothers are going through trying to raise their children in such influential times.
This book was provided by the author for review purposes.
Teresa Beasley
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Teresa Beasley is an aspiring writer from Indianapolis, Indiana by way of Evansville, Indiana. She has been an avid reader since the age of ten years old. Her passion for reading became a form of therapy, which helps relax her in times of trouble. She is a wife and mother of three sons. She currently works in the medical field, while pursuing her writing career. She reviews books because of her love and joy of reading, but also because she wants to share with others the meaning of a good book.
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