Sounded ID: 9798985268430
ISBN: 9798985268430
Publication Date: December 23, 2022
Publisher: OptisityXP
Language: English
Author Name: S.P. Brown
Narrator Name: S.P. Brown
Should she take the leap through the window into the unknown? Seventeen-year-old Kyrie had no idea if she could survive it, but the notion of staying was much less appealing than the risks of the streets. A bullet that finds a fleeing target in the night, a baby held out of a high-rise window, and squatting in a rodent-infested apartment are just some of the experiences within Kyrie’s family dynamic perpetrated by her father’s actions and enabled by her mother’s acquiescence.
Gifts in Brown Paper Packages (Gifts) is a coming-of-age story commencing the night New York City teenager Kyrie G...
Should she take the leap through the window into the unknown? Seventeen-year-old Kyrie had no idea if she could survive it, but the notion of staying was much less appealing than the risks of the streets. A bullet that finds a fleeing target in the night, a baby held out of a high-rise window, and squatting in a rodent-infested apartment are just some of the experiences within Kyrie’s family dynamic perpetrated by her father’s actions and enabled by her mother’s acquiescence.
Gifts in Brown Paper Packages (Gifts) is a coming-of-age story commencing the night New York City teenager Kyrie Graves impulsively flees the verbal and physical abuse prevalent in her childhood home to tackle life and adulthood with no plan except survival. The night that Kyrie decides to exit her bedroom window one final time changes the course of her life.
Gifts is a story of a young girl’s survival driven by strength, personal growth, a journey to self-awareness, and ultimately acknowledging her truth. Through Kyrie’s lens, the reader is led through vivid episodic flashbacks from her adolescence through young adulthood in a journey ripe with experiences that are sometimes funny, often shocking and painful, and always genuine. Acceptance of her story and how it shapes her enables Kyrie to embrace the lessons, i.e., gifts, that strife and challenges offer despite their unpalatable aspects. Kyrie reveals her struggles, fears, and growth through this tale while displaying the perseverance that births her power and voice. Ultimately, Kyrie recognizes and accepts all the gifts, even the ones that come wrapped in brown paper packages!
# | Title | Duration |
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1. | Cover |
0 mins 17 secs |
2. | Prologue |
10 mins 20 secs |
3. | Part I: In Utero |
0 mins 29 secs |
4. | Chapter 1: Cornered |
30 mins 14 secs |
5. | Chapter 2: Bus Ride |
12 mins 26 secs |
6. | Chapter 3: Free to Flee Home |
17 mins 12 secs |
7. | Chapter 4: Cloudy Day |
8 mins 40 secs |
8. | Chapter 5: The Cool Blue |
12 mins 01 secs |
9. | Chapter 6: Bullet In the Night |
9 mins 53 secs |
10. | Chapter 7: Heavy Air |
8 mins 23 secs |
11. | Chapter 8: New Addition |
14 mins 29 secs |
12. | Chapter 9: High Rise No Lie |
10 mins 41 secs |
13. | Chapter 10: Harlem Sweet Harlem |
20 mins 25 secs |
14. | Chapter 11: School Blues |
28 mins 51 secs |
15. | Chapter 12: See-Saw |
46 mins 59 secs |
16. | Chapter 13: Power of Her |
49 mins 52 secs |
17. | Chapter 14: Whole Person |
24 mins 02 secs |
18. | Chapter 15: Feel Good |
16 mins 40 secs |
19. | Chapter 16: Back for Her |
11 mins 59 secs |
20. | Part II: Birth |
0 mins 34 secs |
21. | Chapter 17: Escape |
33 mins 39 secs |
22. | Chapter 18: A New Day |
16 mins 41 secs |
23. | Chapter 19: New Home |
12 mins 14 secs |
24. | Part III: Awakening |
0 mins 28 secs |
25. | Chapter 20: To Lead or Not to Lead |
21 mins 07 secs |
26. | Chapter 21: What Love Feels Like |
6 mins 09 secs |
27. | Chapter 22: It Is Because It Is |
15 mins 23 secs |
28. | Chapter 23: The Power of Him |
23 mins 46 secs |
29. | Chapter 24: The Road Not Traveled |
24 mins 53 secs |
30. | Epilogue |
26 mins 11 secs |
31. | End |
0 mins 18 secs |
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