Power & Beauty: A Love Story of Life on the Streets - Softcover

Harris, Tip 'T.I.'; Ritz, David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062067664 ISBN 13: 9780062067661

Publisher: WmMorrowPB, 2012

Synopsis

Pub Date: 2012-06-12 Pages: 368 Language: English Publisher: HarperCollins US One of hip-hops most accomplished and respected artists. TI now makes a bold leap into the world of fiction with the epic love story of Power and Beauty. Adrift after the death of his mother. Charlotte. Paul Power Clay turns to Slim. a local businessman. for guidance. Slim always has the best of everything. and if Power learns his ways. perhaps hell someday be worthy of Tanya Beauty Long.Eleven years old when her own mother died and Charlotte Clay took her in. Beauty has always known that the only person she can rely on is herself. Now Charlotte is gone-and with Power being sucked deeper and deeper into a world of drugs. money. and violence. she turns her back on Atlanta... and on her growing love for Power Clay.Making the difficult transition from boy to man. Power begins to question the wisdom an...

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From the Back Cover:

One of hip-hop's most accomplished and respected artists, T.I. now makes a bold leap into the world of fiction with the epic love story of Power and Beauty.

Adrift after the death of his mother, Charlotte, Paul "Power" Clay turns to Slim, a local businessman, for guidance. Slim always has the best of everything, and if Power learns his ways, perhaps he'll someday be worthy of Tanya "Beauty" Long.

Eleven years old when her own mother died and Charlotte Clay took her in, Beauty has always known that the only person she can rely on is herself. Now Charlotte is gone—and with Power being sucked deeper and deeper into a world of drugs, money, and violence, she turns her back on Atlanta . . . and on her growing love for Power Clay.

Making the difficult transition from boy to man, Power begins to question the wisdom and the motives of those who have taught him what he knows—while Beauty takes the New York fashion world by storm. But she cannot forget what—and who—she left behind. And when Power really needs her, Beauty will risk everything to save the man she loves.

About the Author:

Clifford T. I. Harris Jr., is a Grammy Award-winning rapper, film and music producer, actor, and writer. He is the founder and co-chief executive officer (CEO) of Grand Hustle Records and he launched his film company, Grand Hustle Films in 2007. T. I. knows of the excitement, danger, and pain of which he writes. As a teenager he sold drugs and later served time on federal weapons charges. He and his wife, Tiny, are involved with charities and community outreach involving children and those suffering with Alzheimers. David Ritz has written several books, including the acclaimed novels The Man Who Brought the Dodgers Back to Brooklyn and Blue Notes Under A Green Felt Hat, and is the only four-time winner of the Gleason Book of the Year Award. He's written the lives of many celebrities, including Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, and Grandmaster Flash, and a New York Times review named him the first-call celebrity collaborator. He lives in California.

About this edition

• Publisher: WmMorrowPB
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062067664
• ISBN 13: 9780062067661
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368