Silenced

Award-winning author Kia DuPree, hailed for her heart-wrenching storytelling and unforgettable characters, now she takes readers to Washington, D.C.'s most notorious neighborhood, where a young woman has one chance to escape—and too many ways to lose…

She gets lost in the fantasy of books and poetry. But in Tinka Hampton's all-too-real world, her mother Nicola has lost her job and is struggling to stop her family's fall into poverty. With her sons turning to drug dealing—and worse—Nicola wants better things for her daughter. Yet the more pressure she puts on Tinka to do everything right, the more she drives her away…straight into the arms of Nine, a man as irresistible as he is lethal. Now Nicola must make unimaginable choices that will put Tinka at a dangerous crossroads. Will standing up for her seemingly impossible dreams be her way out—or will they trap her on D.C.'s merciless streets forever?