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There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness.

Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she’d even turned twenty.

And that’s when things got interesting….

You have in your hands the strange, heart-wrenching, and exhilarating tale of a woman named Cupcake. It begins as the story of a girl orphaned twice over, once by the death of her mother and then again by a child welfare system that separated her from her stepfather and put her into the hands of an epically sadistic foster parent. But there comes a point in her preteen years—maybe it’s the night she first tries to run away and is exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex all at once—when Cupcake’s story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark comic blues opera. As Cupcake’s troubles grow, so do her voice and spirit. Her gut-punch sense of humor and eye for the absurd, along with her outsized will, carry her through a fateful series of events that could easily have left her dead.

Young Cupcake learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor, partying like a rock star, and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast. She stumbled into gangbanging, drug dealing, hustling, prostitution, theft, and, eventually, the best scam of all: a series of 9-to-5 jobs. But Cupcake’s unlikely tour through the cubicle world was paralleled by a quickening descent into the nightmare of crack cocaine use, till she eventually found herself living behind a Dumpster.

Astonishingly, she turned it around. With the help of a cobbled together family of eccentric fellow addicts and “angels”—a series of friends and strangers who came to her aid at pivotalmoments—she slowly transformed her life from the inside out.

A Piece of Cake is unlike any memoir you’ll ever read. Moving and almost transgressive in its frankness, it is a relentlessly gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contem-porary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and utterly original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you’ll ever take.

When it came time for me to talk , I wasn’t sure which parts of my past to tell, which to keep secret, and which to pretend never happened. Uncle Jr. had already seen the welts on my back, so he wasn’t too surprised when I told them about some of the physical abuse I endured at Diane’s. Everyone else hit the roof, except Daddy. He got really quiet and started balling and unballing his fists.

I continued my update. Experience had taught me that adults have trouble accepting the idea of children having sex. I decided that from then on, that part of my life never happened. I picked up the story by telling them about Fly, the Gangstas, and getting shot.

I was dying for a cigarette. So it seemed a good time to announce that I smoked cigarettes—and weed.

After a moment Sam looked at me, smiled, and handed me one of her Marlboros. I preferred menthols, but beggars can’t be choosers. I kicked back, took a long drag, and closed my eyes.

Daddy and Jr. were silent. They seemed a bit shocked and unsure about how to respond.

“Well, Cup,” Jr. said, “it’s a little too late to be trying to raise you now. But those cigarettes will kill you. And weed will only lead you to stronger drugs.”

He didn’t know how right he was. But for me, it was too late to be worrying about stronger drugs—the only worrying I did was whether I could find a connection to get some. So I just smiled, nodded, and took another hit off my cigarette.

The eerie quiet returned.

—from A Piece of Cake

Also available as a Random House AudioBook and eBook.

From the Hardcover edition.

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There are shelves of memoirs about overcoming the death of a parent, childhood abuse, rape, drug addiction, miscarriage, alcoholism, hustling, gangbanging, near-death injuries, drug dealing, prostitution, or homelessness.

Cupcake Brown survived all these things before she’d even turned twenty.

And that’s when things got interesting….

You have in your hands the strange, heart-wrenching, and exhilarating tale of a woman named Cupcake. It begins as the story of a girl orphaned twice over, once by the death of her mother and then again by a child welfare system that separated her from her stepfather and put her into the hands of an epically sadistic foster parent. But there comes a point in her preteen years—maybe it’s the night she first tries to run away and is exposed to drugs, alcohol, and sex all at once—when Cupcake’s story shifts from a tear-jerking tragedy to a dark comic blues opera. As Cupcake’s troubles grow, so do her voice and spirit. Her gut-punch sense of humor and eye for the absurd, along with her outsized will, carry her through a fateful series of events that could easily have left her dead.

Young Cupcake learned to survive by turning tricks, downing hard liquor, partying like a rock star, and ingesting every drug she could find while hitchhiking up and down the California coast. She stumbled into gangbanging, drug dealing, hustling, prostitution, theft, and, eventually, the best scam of all: a series of 9-to-5 jobs. But Cupcake’s unlikely tour through the cubicle world was paralleled by a quickening descent into the nightmare of crack cocaine use, till she eventually found herself living behind a Dumpster.

Astonishingly, she turned it around. With the help of a cobbled together family of eccentric fellow addicts and “angels”—a series of friends and strangers who came to her aid at pivotalmoments—she slowly transformed her life from the inside out.

A Piece of Cake is unlike any memoir you’ll ever read. Moving and almost transgressive in its frankness, it is a relentlessly gripping tale of a resilient spirit who took on the worst of contem-porary urban life and survived it with a furious wit and unyielding determination. Cupcake Brown is a dynamic and utterly original storyteller who will guide you on the most satisfying, startlingly funny, and genuinely affecting tour through hell you’ll ever take.

When it came time for me to talk , I wasn’t sure which parts of my past to tell, which to keep secret, and which to pretend never happened. Uncle Jr. had already seen the welts on my back, so he wasn’t too surprised when I told them about some of the physical abuse I endured at Diane’s. Everyone else hit the roof, except Daddy. He got really quiet and started balling and unballing his fists.

I continued my update. Experience had taught me that adults have trouble accepting the idea of children having sex. I decided that from then on, that part of my life never happened. I picked up the story by telling them about Fly, the Gangstas, and getting shot.

I was dying for a cigarette. So it seemed a good time to announce that I smoked cigarettes—and weed.

After a moment Sam looked at me, smiled, and handed me one of her Marlboros. I preferred menthols, but beggars can’t be choosers. I kicked back, took a long drag, and closed my eyes.

Daddy and Jr. were silent. They seemed a bit shocked and unsure about how to respond.

“Well, Cup,” Jr. said, “it’s a little too late to be trying to raise you now. But those cigarettes will kill you. And weed will only lead you to stronger drugs.”

He didn’t know how right he was. But for me, it was too late to be worrying about stronger drugs—the only worrying I did was whether I could find a connection to get some. So I just smiled, nodded, and took another hit off my cigarette.

The eerie quiet returned.

—from A Piece of Cake

Also available as a Random House AudioBook and eBook.

From the Hardcover edition.

• 作者：Indio 发布时间：2010-06-15 12:17:52

  这分明就是怂恿人去支持碧和Tri-edge~~~wwwww

• 作者：当绿 发布时间：2022-11-15 00:14:59

  回味中学时代看这本杂志的时候带来的震撼和感动，不过，2021年才出中文版导致内容跟不上实际发展了。

• 作者：Panny 发布时间：2014-09-17 10:59:32

  Nice written

• 作者：_小花_ 发布时间：2014-02-22 13:31:50

  这本书的内容我不好说什么，不过真的怀疑真实性。选这本书本来就只是为了简单易懂

• 作者：晨晨的五月天空 发布时间：2008-05-20 23:23:02

  一个女人 可以怎样毁灭

• 作者：bedj2zth8n 发布时间：2022-04-04 14:32:07

  看哭了好几次 挺黑暗的吧

• 学习道术也要讲究科学系统

  作者：倏忽 发布时间：2013-06-23 17:15:37

  也许茅山的文字情节不是最好的，不够感人不够惊险。但茅山自成一体有始有终的道术体系却是很多小说比不了的。这大概是和作者大力金刚掌本身是道术爱好者，和众多道门有接触的缘故。看茅山，有时感觉就像是在学知识，这是一种很有趣的体验。

• 学习解梦，对自己多一些了解

  作者：花语海蓉 发布时间：2021-08-05 23:24:34

  有一天早晨 ，儿子起床后，对我说 :“妈妈，我做了一个梦 ，梦到我、姐姐、妈妈和爸爸，还有一个小妹妹，我们一起抓小鱼，抓虾，抓螃蟹 ！ ”

  听了儿子的话，我就想到了：三孩政策出台时 ，我问儿子和女儿 ，你们想要一个弟弟或妹妹吗 ？

  儿子开心地说:“我想要个妹妹 。因为妹妹听话，而且特别可爱 。”

  而这个梦境，让儿子实现了“自己要个妹妹的”愿望。作为一名心理咨询师，我知道梦是人们潜意识的表现，对人的行为有着重大的影响。以前总想学点相关的知识，可是总没有合适的机会，这次遇到《成为自己的解梦师》，真是如获至宝。

  《成为自己的解梦师》的作者朱建军，是北京林业大学心理学系教授，临床心理学博士，心理咨询与治疗督导师。他是意象对话技术创始人，研究解梦30年，被尊称为“朱洛伊德”，著有《梦的心理解析》《解梦》《解梦500例》等作品。

  《成为自己的解梦师》是朱建军30年解梦技术的精华。在这本书中，他用浅显的语言为我们讲解了人为什么会做梦，梦的意义和作用，以及解梦的原则和步骤，梦中常见意象和普遍性象征，并举例解析了一些不同类型的梦。

  可以说，看了这本书后，我们完全可以从一个对解梦什么都不懂的小白变成一个解梦达人。

  

  那么，该如何解梦呢？

  首先，我们要了解梦。

  梦是一种主体经验，是人在睡眠时产生想象的影像、声音、思考或感觉。换一句话说，原始认知把我们在白天体验到的、看到的、听到的、想到的信息组织起来，编制成一个故事，这个故事就是我们的梦。

  梦的世界和醒着的的世界，最大的不同就是认知方式不同。梦的世界用形象化的原始认知，而醒着的世界用的是逻辑思维。

  比如说，我们在梦中看到了一个神仙，就是看着她的样貌，听到她的声音。而在醒着的现实生活中，我们不会觉得看到神仙，因为我们知道这个世界上不存在神仙的。这时候逻辑思维会把原始认知压到潜意识里，把他们遮蔽起来

  这就好像白天的天空中的星星一样，只是我们看不见，因为太阳太亮，遮蔽了星星。不过，只要原始认知还存在着，就会对我们产生影响。

  当我们睡眠时，逻辑思维停止后，原始认知及其功能就显现出来，我们就能看到心中的另一个真实世界，这就是梦。

  

  其次，了解梦的意义和作用。

  作为一个普通人，我们每天都会做梦，只不过有些梦我们记得，有些梦我们不记得。那么，这些梦有意义吗？

  如果我们把梦的生活也看成人生的一部分，那么做梦本身就是有意义的。

  但多数时候我们是醒着的，那么，做梦这件事对醒着的人来说有什么意义和作用吗？

  第一，做梦的意义是“愿望达成”。我们经常说“日有所思，夜有所梦”。比如说，有些人白天想着怎么挣钱，到了晚上，可能会梦到自己去挖地，挖出好多好多的土豆，或者还会梦到和许多人一起去寻宝，那么，梦中的这些体验一定程度上可以缓解他们对财富的渴望带来的焦虑。

  第二，梦中的启示可以变成清醒之后的灵感。据说缝纫机的设计者，就是从梦中获得了启示。大家都知道，用来缝东西的针，它穿线的孔叫做针鼻，在针的尾端。也就是说，针的头部是针尖，尾部是针鼻。缝纫机的设计者一开始也是这样想的，但是一直不成功，很苦恼。后来，他梦到了一群原始人对他说：“你要是再研究不出来，我们就拿长矛扎死你。”然后那些人拿长矛威胁他，他发现这些长矛很奇怪，在矛头附近有一个小洞。他醒来后，突然想到，可不可以把缝纫机的针鼻设计到针尖附近而不是针尾呢？于是有了缝纫机的发明。

  第三，有些梦可以帮人们做好准备，如同“战前动员”的作用。比如说有一个女孩子，发现男朋友对她没有以前那样关心和包容了，就有点担心他会不会有了别的女朋友。但因为喜欢对方，所以总是说服自己去相信他，可是这种担心并没有因此消失。所以这些担心就会变成一个梦，梦到他和别人在一起了，于是她很难过，采取了一系列的行动。醒来后，她心情不好，可能会更留意男朋友的言行，逼着男孩子越发受不了她的疑神疑鬼。也可能她会安慰自己“梦都是相反的”。但无论哪种情况，做过这个梦之后，女孩子潜意识里已经做好了心理准备。如果男朋友真的脚踩两只船，她不至于惊慌失措，因为这种情况梦里已经出现过，她就像已经预演过一样。

  梦对于我们来说，既有积极作用，也有消极作用，这主要看我们如何解释梦中的场景了。如果我们学会解梦，就可以通过梦来了解自己的内心，了解自己当下的情绪状态以及内心冲突，而这些，都会帮助我们更了解自己，更好的生活。

  

  了解了梦和梦的意义作用后，那么该如何解梦呢？

  步骤一：从整体去观察一下这个梦。我们解梦，是以象征的理解为基础的，如果我们看到梦中出现一个东西，就去解释它，再出现一个东西又接着解释，我们就没法把它们整合在一起，也就没有办法解释这个梦。

  对梦有整体把握，就是要求，把这个梦的内容尽量完整地记下来，或者尽量完整地复述一遍，并且从整体的氛围和情绪上来感受这个梦。比如说有人梦到了一个特别美丽的场景，宫殿金碧辉煌，堆满各种宝石，外面开满鲜花，但却让人觉得害怕，并且有一种隐隐的恐惧。解释这个梦的关键，就不是那看起来很好的东西，而是这种恐惧的情绪。

  步骤二：把握梦的结构和模式。梦的结构，就是梦的情节线，即故事线，包括情节如何开展和推进，梦境由哪些细节构成等。而梦的模式，主要是指梦中主人公的典型行为方式，或者是梦中所出现事物共性的、重复性的方式等。比如有个人梦到了自己坐错车，过一会儿，又拿错了东西，它们都有了一个共同的模式——出错。那么我们就从出错入手来解释这个梦。

  步骤三：以有感觉的意象作为突破口。理解梦的基础是掌握象征意义，解梦时，我们可以从梦中常见的意象开始，找到梦中出现它的情境和细节，再分析它可能象征什么，这样就比较容易。比如说有人新搬了家，结果做梦自己钥匙丢了。这时候就要好好回忆一下梦中丢钥匙的细节，然后我们来对照钥匙的典型意义来看，他的梦中的钥匙到底代表什么呢？然后从这个点找线索，来看看其他部分的解释。

  步骤四：建构一个故事。梦是原始认知通过形象思维呈现的故事，从表面上看，尽管它常常是荒谬难懂的。但仍是故事，所以通过一系列的分析和解释后，它会成为一个普通人能理解的新故事。此时解梦的过程也就基本完成了。

  新构建的故事是什么样的呢？一个重要的特点就是它会反映出解梦者的个人倾向性，这就像是同一本书中的同一个故事，同一部电影中的同一个情节，不同的人会看到不同的东西。梦也一样，同一个梦，不同的人会看到不同的东西。

  比如说梦到了棺材，有人觉得很晦气，总想着会倒霉。而有的人却觉得升官又发财。所以，如果是自己给自己解梦，就会受到自己心态的影响，如果他们内心深处是乐观豁达的，他们对梦的解释就是积极的，如果他们内心深处是悲观沮丧的，他们对梦的解释就是消极的。

  如果希望别人来给自己解梦，那就需要找专业的解梦师，更准确地说找专业的精通解梦的心理师。

  人们常说“自知者智，知人者明”，我们学习解梦，说到底是为了更了解自己，过好自己的人生。

  而解梦，初学的时候是一种技术，但学好了之后就是一种艺术，一种人生艺术，一种感受和表达的艺术。朱建军老师的《成为自己的解梦师》就相当于领我们进入解梦之门的师傅，而要想真正学会解梦，还要我们自己多多修行、参悟和实践。