Don't Even Trip [Paperback]

Teresa Rae Butler (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 22, 2006

Coraz Sade Singleton has had it with Black men! She has watched and lived the cold realities of how society had Black men thinking and acting, from birth to manhood in her town. In her opinion, the City of Milwaukee had turned out some bad seeds, and her students were facing self-execution. The jails and funeral homes were abundantly rising, and the educational system was corrupt. Realizing that she couldn’t raise someone who was already grown, she put her energy into the troubled youth. They needed her more than ever. While leading the minority to the right path, Coraz has constantly been confronted by having chosen the wrong one. During her whole adult life she had desperately tried to make a family life with a dependable man, which is a dying breed, but all that men have proven to her is that the statistics are right. The bro-thas in her town are all screwed up, mainly because Milwaukee WI was one of the deadliest cities for minorities in America. She heard some say that it was one of the most prejudiced. Single, in the city at age thirty-two, and all of her three kids had different fathers, all crass, abusive, and Black. Needing to try a new approach in her search for successful white skin, she’s sidetracked by a twenty-six-year-old college ‘Bro-tha’ with the same-old agenda. She suspects that he’s really a thug in disguise, and during her fight for the welfare of her students and a fair education for all, she finds that Mill is trying to bend her heart with his intellect, charm, and old-soul mannerisms that are fairytales in Milwaukee. Will Coraz continues to blow Mill off, or will Mill blow her away, literally? This book is followed by a sequel called, God I Respect Ya Gangsta, in which Coraz confesses all of the tragic details of her life as the character, “Rainia”. Having developed a lottery for the poor, she has a deep wish for the future of young, colored people everywhere. Don’t even trip to walk through the pages of the first novel detailing the interesting life of Coraz Singleton, who may one day be worthy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 274 pages
• Publisher: Text 4m Publishing (April 22, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977920704
• ISBN-13: 978-0977920709
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,392,436 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finding True Love........, June 21, 2007

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Mashawn Mickels "CO-Owner & President of SBS ... (Columbus, GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: DON'T EVEN TRIP (Hardcover)

Teresa Rae Butler wrote a very entertaing and funny novel titled "Don't Even Trip". She took her main character Coraz on a journey to find true love. She uses her characters in a way that most of us can relate to. Coraz finds love in one of the lest expect places within her life. After a few tries before, she finally makes the right choice. A great novel to boost anyone's sprit. And a truly great read!!!

Thanks Teresa!!!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars (3.5 stars) Single Mama Drama, June 8, 2007

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Urban Reviews "Your Source for the Best in AA... (Online) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DON'T EVEN TRIP (Hardcover)

Coraz Sade Singleton has been through the wire with men, especially black men. With three kids by different fathers at the age of thirty-two, Coraz just wants to find somebody to love her and to be a positive male role-model for her children. So she decides to swear off black men totally and to focus on snagging a successful white man. Things seems to be going to plan until Coraz meets a twenty-six-year old black college student name Mill. Mill is smitten with Coraz and wants to give her the love that she deserves. But will Mill be able to break down the wall surrounding Coraz's heart? Coraz also has to deal with the growing disciplinary problems of her thirteen year old daughter and trying to inspire her students on a daily basis. What will the future hold for Mill and Coraz?

Don't Even Trip is an absorbing novel by Teresa Rae Butler. Butler does a wonderful job of bringing the struggles of a single mother to life in this story. You'll feel the frustration of Coraz as she tries to not only raise her children but also tries to find real love. This author showed great vision when incorporating the value of education, self-worth, and self-preservation into this book. There's also a good dose of humor mixed in for good measure. Readers will also be surprised to see Milwaukee, Wisconsin as the backdrop of this story which is a welcome change. Don't Even Trip is a novel that entertains as well as educate. With her unique writing style, Teresa Rae Butler is well on her way to taking the fiction industry by storm.

Reviewed by Radiah Hubbert
for Urban Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Don't Even Trip by Teresa Rae Butler: A PeoplewholoveGoodBooks Review, May 19, 2007

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Shay C (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: DON'T EVEN TRIP (Hardcover)

Coraz Singleton keeps looking for love in all the wrong places. After 3 bad relationships, Coraz is now a single mom of 3 beautiful children. Determined to finally get it right, she decides to date wealthy white men only. But after a night out with some friends, she meets the man who may change her mind once again. Mill appears to have it all: handsome, intelligent, and hard-working and a college student. At first, the age difference is a turn-off for Coraz but Mill is determined to make Coraz his woman and soon, they give in to their attraction. But Coraz can't shake the feeling that Mill is too good to be true and soon, her doubts begin to cause problems. But her baggage comes back to haunt her in a big way when she is forced to choose between her new-found love with Mill or her deteriorating relationship with her 13-year old daughter. Don't Even Trip is an entertaining story about a woman finding love in a unexpected place, join Coraz on her journey as she finds her soul-mate and the man of her dreams! Reviewed by Shay C of PeoplewholoveGoodBooks