01520cam a2200325 i 4500 412664808 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 111019s2012||||||||||||d|||||||||||eng|u 2011043558 9781410444714 1410444716 (OCoLC)757935896 TxAuBib rda DuPree, Kia. Silenced [Large Print] / Kia DuPree. Large print edition. Waterville, Me. : Thorndike Press, 2012. 450 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Thorndike Press large print African-American series. She gets lost in the fantasy of books and poetry. But in Tinka Hampton's all-too-real world, her mother Nicola has lost her job and is struggling to stop her family's fall into poverty. With her sons turning to drug-dealing - and worse - Nicola wants better for her daughter. Yet the more pressure she puts on Tinka to do everything right, the more she drives her away ... straight into the arms of Nine, a man as irresistible as he is lethal. Now Nicola must make unimaginable choices that will put Tinka at a dangerous crossroads. 20200101. African American women Fiction. African American families Fiction. Large type books. Thorndike Press large print African-American series.