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My Time to Shine
- Author
- Edd McNair
- Narrator
- Daniel George
- Publish Date
- 26 February 2019
- Run Time
- 8 hours 29 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
My Time to Shine takes listeners into one family’s struggle for survival during the crack epidemic of the late 1980s. Black, a small-time thug with big dreams, discovers the demand for crack cocaine in the Virginia housing projects where he lives and sees the drug as a meal ticket for his family. His younger cousin Lo, who idolizes Black, joins him in his business endeavors. But as they work side by side with hustlers and killers, the pair is soon thrown into situations beyond their control, and the bonds of their family are thoroughly tested.
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Details
- Author
- Edd McNair
- Narrator
- Daniel George
- Duration
- 8 hours 29 minutes
- Release Date
- 26 February 2019
- ISBN
- 9781538531853
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Fiction: general and literary, ‘Street’ fiction
Synopsis
My Time to Shine takes listeners into one family’s struggle for survival during the crack epidemic of the late 1980s. Black, a small-time thug with big dreams, discovers the demand for crack cocaine in the Virginia housing projects where he lives and sees the drug as a meal ticket for his family. His younger cousin Lo, who idolizes Black, joins him in his business endeavors. But as they work side by side with hustlers and killers, the pair is soon thrown into situations beyond their control, and the bonds of their family are thoroughly tested.
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