Title: It gets greater later
Description: "Trails and tribulations are the lessons of life. But for six year old Kyla Johnson her lessons were painful heartfelt, and destructive. As she witnessed the senseless death of her mother, the incarceration of her father and the separation from her brother, a child will blossom into womanhood without sympathy and empathy maturing in a world with the only tool for survival is a con. The streets of Chester and Philadelphia become her institutions of higher learning giving her a degree in hustle. The past, an agonizing memory, always transport her to a place she longs to forget; powerful enough to leave remnants to encourage her hustle until it comes face to face with the present. Then-- worlds collide. There are always lessons to be learned but unfortunately individuals are too rebellious to comprehend the teachings. Kyla Johnson will comprehend the teachings but not until she pay the ultimate price, the sacrifice of unconditional love. In order to recapture the love that she lost, she must perform a final hustle. Her final hustle will be her greatest teacher. She is forced to revisit the events from her past, re-examine her present, and re-evaluate her future. It is only then that she comes to terms with her higher power and accepts the fact that It Gets Greater Later."--Page 4 of cover.
Subjects: African American women, Fiction, Street life, Self-realization