New Memoir by Chicagoan Success Story Brenda Myers-Powell
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“Throughout a life of uphill battles, abuse, and hustling, Myers-Powell has managed to retain her humor, attitude, and fight, all on full display in this stirring memoir. . . . Graphic but never gratuitous, Leaving Breezy Street is engaging and candid. Those who like gritty memoirs will relish it, and it is a perfect nonfiction crossover for urban fiction readers.”
—Booklist
Featured on The Chicago Review of Books’s “12 Must-Read Books for June” list
Featured in Chicagomagazine
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Brenda Myers-Powell’s Leaving Breezy Street (June 29, 2021) has been praised for its raw beauty and delivery of the truth. Brenda is an amazing success story—from the crack ridden streets of Chicago to becoming the founder of The Dreamcatcher Foundation, a nonprofit that helps girls and women stay off the streets. This book will get national review attention for its gripping and honest storytelling. Brenda is available for interviews.Here is her interview for The Guardian
