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| Shameless Hoodwives: A Bentley Manor Tale | 
 enlarge | Authors: Meesha Mink, De'nesha Diamond
Publisher: Touchstone
Category: Book
List Price: $14.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  19 reviews
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1416537546
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.6
EAN: 9781416537540
Publication Date: August 5, 2008
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Excellent! October 9, 2008
This second installment was better than the first! There is always drama brewing at Bentley Manor. I felt for all the women. Especially Princess and Takiah. Did it have to end like that for Takiah?? that blew me away. and I never expected Woo Woo's secret. This was a page turner. Great book club discussion book. We're still talking about it!
Dawnny
Mahogany Book Club
Better The Second Time Around! September 23, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Meesha Mink and De'Nesha Diamond have done it again. Shameless Hoodwives, the sequel to Desperate Hoodwives, gives readers more drama straight from the Bentley Manor housing project. As always, Miz Cleo and Miz Osceola are on the scene giving bird's-eye-views of the low-down dirt going on in the housing project. Then we have Keisha, the former drug-addicted mother of four, who is helping her husband overcome his own addiction demons. Alongside her is Shakespeare, her brother-in-law, who shows in more ways than one that he is his brother's keeper.
Next on deck is Princess, the 17 year-old neglected daughter of Queen. Through all of Precious' pain, she has one blessing that may very well get her up out of Bentley Manor; her voice. But how good is success when she has no one to share it with?
WooWoo, the sister of Lexi from Desperate Hoodwives, actually made it out of Bentley. Now married to a square and living as a suburban housewife, will she be able to stay away from the Manor when her heart is still deep in the projects with Hassan?
Last, and certainly not least, is Takiah who shows up on her grandmother's, Miz Cleo, doorstep with her infant daughter. On the run from her husband/pimp/pusher, Kameron, she faces her problems head on in the unlikeliest of places. Four women destined to make it out of Bentley Manor, but is there no place like home?
Mink and Diamond spiced it up a notch with this sequel. I was more shocked, with a purpose, and emotionally invested than I remember being in the first installment. It is a quick, entertaining, though dark, read that certainly did not succumb to the sophomore slump. The characters jumped from the page and I could not help but care for them; especially Princess. The third installment, The Hood Life, is due out in January 2009 and you better believe I will be in line for the madness. I recommend Shameless Hoodwives to readers who enjoy drama-filled reads with heart tugging plots. Bentley Manor fans will definitely enjoy this.
Reviewed by Darnetta Frazier
APOOO BookClub
shameless hoodwives is a must read September 20, 2008
meesha and de'nesha did the damn thing in the sequel to desperate hoodwives. part 2 finds us back in bentley manor where drama is no stranger. woowoo has finally made it of bently manor after getting married she's finally ready to leave the ghetto girl image behind but a dirty little secret keeps drawing her back in. miz cleo crack addicted grandaurgter tahkia shows up at her doorstep baby in hand on the run from her husband/pimp/dealer but what happends when the person you trust the most turns out to be the devil in disgise. princess is a young girl neglected by her mother the only good thing in her life is her best friend lucky when tragedy strikes leaving princes alone how much can one girl take before she reaches her breking point. keisha, smokey and shakespear are introduced in book 1 as the crack head, his wife, and his brothers keeper but what happeneds when love is loss and new love is found in the most unexpected place.
Off The Hook!! September 18, 2008
This book was amazing. I read this book within a few hours I just couldn't put it down..If you haven't read this book you need to get it asap...
The Lifestyles of the Poor and Shameless September 11, 2008
Meesha and Denesha take us back to Bentley Manor with their second installment in the Hoodwives series. There's Princess, the neglected and tormented daughter of a woman, who is undeservingly called "Queen". Alone in this world, the only time she is at peace is when she's singing and writing in the confinement of her small, tattered bedroom, or in the company of her best friend, Lucky. Then there's Takiah, the drug-addicted/prostitute who returns to Bentley Manor with her baby after she escapes the wrath of her husband/pimp. She is then introduced to Pastor Myers, whom her grandmother feels can help deliver her from her self-destructive ways. Keyshia, a mother of 4, has been with her husband Smokey for 8 years. She and her kids are forced to live with the basic necessities because Smokey pawns anything that isn't nailed down. Good thing Smokey's brother, Shakespeare, is around to provide them with both moral and financial support. Woo Woo, no longer lives in Bentley Manor, but she can't stay away because she craves the hood, especially the hood boys. Although she is married to a dentist and has moved to the suburbs, she feels out of place. Miss Cleo and Miss Osceola return, still holding court in the hood, with their reliable Louisville Sluggers by their sides.
Shameless Hoodwives doesn't disappoint. It is filled with so many jaw-dropping twists and mind-boggling surprises. I really enjoyed reading about these ladies as they attempt to battle their way out of the projects. Also, keep your Kleenex near, because their pains and struggles will tug at your heart-strings. Although Desperate Hoodwives is my favorite of the two, Shameless is still a 5-star read. Kudos, Ms. Mink and Ms. Diamond, I look forward to reading The Hood Life in January!!
5 stars
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