Cover Girl: Prized PossessionsDrug-addicted former model Brooklyn Johnson's life is in ruins. She once had it all—money, jewels, designer clothes and men falling at her feet. Now washed up, and recently diagnosed with cancer, all she has left is to get high, and all she looks forward to is death. When she watches, helpless, as her only friend dies in the street in front of the crack house, she reflects on her life, starting from when she was discovered in high school. She realizes she wasn't always good to others, including her own children, and thought she never needed anyone. Even as she developed a drug addiction and fought to maintain her sanity, she kept others away. But what will it take for her to let others in and finally find a reason to live? |
Contents
Chapter Three Touchdown 1985 | |
Chapter Five Rock Steady 1985 | |
Chapter Seven The Usual Suspects 1986 | |
Chapter Eight 24 Karats 1986 | |
Chapter Ten Missing in Action 1987 | |
Chapter Thirteen Meeting in the Ladies Room 1988 | |
Chapter Fourteen Catching Up 1989 | |
Chapter Seventeen Game Time 1991 | |
Chapter Twenty First Impressions 1992 | |
Chapter Twentythree Keep On Walking 1994 | |
Chapter Twentysix A New Day 1998 | |
Chapter Thirty Take Me as I Am November 2007 | |
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