The Coldest Winter Ever: A Novel (The Winter Santiaga Series)

Amazing book I’vee read it three times already.

This book is so good. I couldn`t put the book down because it was so in depth and had me wanting to finish it right away.

I have No dislike about the book.

Great book

Good read!

I bought it for my 16 year old granddaughter because this books exposes her to all the things that she will encounter in life, without actually have to experience if she learns from Winter.

Reading

I just read this for a book group, and it was totally gripping. When I was reading it I didn't want to stop; when I stopped, I kept thinking about the story until I could get back to reading.That being said, the main character is cold, cruel, and calculating. But that's not really Winter's fault, it's the way she was raised. I found myself rooting for her despite the awful things she does- abandon her mom and little sisters, get a friend to shoplift for her and then leaves her in jail, 9 mos pregnant, and refuses to pay bail- even assaulting an old lady and stealing her wallet.This story paints a great picture of life in the projects as the child of a rich and powerful kingpin. Everyone around her lives in poverty and on assistance; she and her family have all the material possessions anyone could desire. Her father's job is to bring home the bacon; her mother's job is to look beautiful and expensive. Nobody in Winter's life has anything like a trade, or a degree, or legal employment. She has no examples of what a regular middle-class life looks like.When her father's empire finally falls, both parents are taken to jail and Winter's three younger sisters are sent to three separate foster homes. Winter manages to stay on her own, and her mom is soon released from jail. Her mom wants to get her three other daughters back, but DCF won't release them without an apartment and some income. This is where I expected Winter and her mom to work together to make it happen.Nope! Winter goes off on her own to try and get a hustle going, and her mom quickly falls into crack use and becomes homeless. When Winter sees her on the street she is ashamed and tries to avoid her.At the end of the book, when Winter meets her sister Porsche for the first time in years, she has words of advice for her- but she chooses to withhold them. She won't help anyone, not even those closest to her. She is completely selfish up to the bitter end. She never understands why Midnight wasn't interested in her. The concepts of community and family, of education, of planning for a future, are completely foreign to her. She is smart, but not smart enough to break away from her father's lifestyle- even though it destroyed her family.

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Highly enjoyable read, one of the best non fiction books I have read.

This is one of the best books I've ever read! Sister Souljah puts it down once again. A raw story on hiphop, money, drugs, sex and power - simply a true ghetto story! I didn't even wanna go to sleep cause I wanted to know how the story ends...This book tells the story of a young woman called Winter. Growing up in a well living African American family, their wealth came from drug-dealing. Once the empire breaks down, Winter's daddy gets locked down and Winter has to make it on her own. But she's cruel, sexy, powerful, uninhibited and not willing to give in...

Looking for a book that shows you a part of street life? Listen to rap music all the time and think it's cool to wear like all those hiphop artists do, but ain't got a clue what they're rapping about? Then you better read this. This very well-developed story about a girl named Winter, whose life is like a huge thunder storm, makes you think, feel, and learn something. I've already read it 4 times and, to tell you the truth, I'm just about to pay the author Sister Souljah my fifth compliment on her couldn't-be-better work. Well, enough said. Check this out and you'll know what I'm talking about!