In our third discussion we duscussed all the events of the third section.
Winter has escaped the House of Success - foster home she was placed in until she turned eighteen - and is living with someone she never would have expected to be living with, Sister Souljah. Souljah is a big time celebrity with access to all events including concerts, parties - you name it and she was a VIP member. Winter joins her in attending these events in hopes of creating a new hustle for her by coming up on a well payed man. She sleeps with a rapper (or so she thinks) but when she confronts him, he never recalls being with her. Winter eventually leaves Souljah's place, but not before she is robbed of her money by Souljah's sister, Lauren. Winter goes on a hunt to find Midnight, who she hopes will help her. On the way, she is sidetracked by and old lover, Bullet. She goes with him and is living the high life - aside from the negative aspects of her mother being cracked out and Winter being pregnant and getting an abortion. She becomes Bullet's right-hand woman, assisting him in his life of work and doing what ever he tells her. Unfortunately in the end, Bullet abandons her and she is arrested and sentenced to fifteen years in prison for being caught with his illegal items. Her mom dies in the end, and she sees her father one last time at the funeral.
My group and I discussed:
Why is Sister Souljah in the book when she is the author?
Why isn't Winter overly concerned about her family?
Why didn't she help her mom stay off drugs or try to get her sisters back?
Why did she abandon the idea of locating Midnight?
Why didn't she snitch on Bullet?
What do drugs do to a community?
How did the title tie into the story aso=ide from her name being Winter?
All in all this book was really good and my group enjoyed it.
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