Publisher Description
It’s the late 1980s, and Gena, a young girl from the projects, meets Quadir, a millionaire drug dealer, and falls madly in love. Quadir builds a massive empire while fighting his rivals and enemies. Gena faces the challenges of holding on to her man, her house, her car, and the cash. Both of them find themselves caught up in a vicious yet seductive world and learn that success in this game is no easy win. Gena and Quadir also learn that once you’re in, there’s no way out, ’cause everyone stays in forever … True.
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“The hustlers of True to the Game are trapped in a world of twists and treachery…A resonant entry in the crime genre.”
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New York Times
About Teri Woods
Teri Woods is the author of numerous books in the urban fiction genre, which have been praised by Essence magazine and Publishers Weekly. She is a native of Philadelphia where she worked as a legal secretary and paralegal for eight years. She started writing True to the Game in 1993 and began submitting it to publishers in 1994. After being turned down, the book sat dormant for several years. In 1998 she began selling handmade books on the street and out of the trunk of her car. Soon she started her own publishing and production company, Meow Meow Productions, now called Teri Woods Publishing.
About the Narrators
Cary Hite has performed in several theaters across the country as a cast member in the longest-running African American play in history, The Diary of Black Men. He also appeared in Edward II, Fences, Macbeth, Good Boys, Side Effects May Vary, and the indie feature The City Is Mine. He has voiced several projects for AudibleKids, including Souls Look Back in Wonder, From Slave Ship to Freedom Road, and Papa, Do You Love Me?
Erica B. Peeples (a.k.a. Erica Love) graduated from the Juilliard School and has had roles in Joe Turner’s Come and Gone at Berkeley Rep and in A Raisin in the Sun at the Weston Playhouse Theatre Company in Vermont. Her television credits include Law & Order, and her film credits include Today’s Special and Fighter. She is also CEO and cofounder of “the Qrew,” a group of artists that performs throughout New York City.