The People vs Cashmere

Karen Williams

Sep 2012 · Urban Books

About this ebook

Meet the Pierce family. Desmond Pierce, a hard-working man from the South is determined to give his and wife and daughters a good life in Compton, California. Pearla Pierce is a sexy and seductive mother who plays wifey and devoted mother only when her husband is home. Then there's Carmen, a promiscuous seventeen-year-old on a self-destructive path and jealous of her younger sister. Cashmere, a thirteen-year-old, struggles to hold her family together out of love for her father.
When tragedy hits home, Carmen and Cashmere find themselves orphans living with their hateful aunt and having to resort to stripping and selling drugs to survive. Carmen drags Cashmere into a world of drugs, violence and sex when she allows a ruthless pimp named Black to turn her out. Against her will, Cashmere is also forced to work for Black by prostituting herself for high-class ballers.
Carmen's jealousy toward her younger sister continues when she sees Black falling in love with Cashmere. Carmen's need to destroy her sister sets off a chain of events that lands Cashmere in jail. Cashmere is left alone and broken, but with the hope that some way, somehow, she can be fixed.

Ratings and reviews

I loved this book. I read it in 2 days I just couldn't put it down. I experienced every emotion while reading it. Especially anger because for awhile Cashmere just couldn't catch a break. Which was something I could relate to as they say when it rains it pours. I will be buying more books from this author.

This book will make you teary eyed, think and it will mad. This book is pretty dang good! Karen is a great author!

Omg this book was long n crazy it didn't become intresting until chapter 32 I can't believe the ratings were so high becuse this was not a page turner.

About the author

Karen Williams is a native of Long Beach, California. She has a BA in literature and communications and works as a corrections officer.