How to Duck a Suckah: A Guide to Living a Drama-Free Life [Bargain Price] [Paperback]

Big Boom (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 8, 2008

The Bodyguard for Women's Hearts returns with brand-new tough-love advice for satisfying relationships and spiritual fulfillment.

Some women have become so accustomed to the games and manipulations of men that they are virtually sitting ducks for all the suckahs out there. Every woman has to be able to recognize Mr. Wrong before she lets him into her heart. True love is definitely out there -- you just have to know where to look.

In How to Duck a Suckah, Big Boom -- a former pimp, player, and hustler -- draws on his own sordid past to help women avoid traps, demand respect, and live a drama-free life. His overall message of self-empowerment proves that you can't be happy with anyone else unless you are happy with yourself.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Author and "Bodyguard for Women's Hearts" Boom provides tough love that's as frank as it is old-fashioned, a style best demonstrated by the title of his first book, If You Want Closure in Your Relationship, Start with Your Legs. A former bad boy (read: working pimp) himself, Boom warns that "men are always looking for something to catch or shoot down," but locates the real problem in the woman "who refuses to let go... or change her bad habits." To that end, Boom spends much time chiding women for ignoring unwritten rules of gender relations like, "Girls follow, men lead." In a chapter called "Appearance" (Boom is nothing if not straightforward), the author starts with "Seven Important Beauty Basics Steps My Wife Uses" before moving on to tips like "Don't Wear Your Clothes Too Tight," keep your home clean and remember the small things: "I can't tell you how many good women I have turned down," Boom says, because of "something stupid" like "the way her toenails look." The assumption throughout is that it's far easier and more effective to play along with superficial attitudes (among men and women alike) than to change them; if you can embrace the game, and put up with some well-intentioned chauvinism, this is an able primer.
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"Boom has made the biggest turnaround in a person's life that I've ever known.... Boom knows what he's talking about and isn't afraid to tell the truth!" -- Steve Harvey, The Steve Harvey Morning Show

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Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Fireside; Original edition (January 8, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1416546537
• ASIN: B001KOU1BI
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #786,012 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Bob and Weave, February 5, 2008

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D. Frazier (Cleveland, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Duck a Suckah: A Guide to Living a Drama-Free Life (Paperback)

How To Duck A Suckah by Big Boom, a reformed pimp and self-professed body guard for women's hearts, gives advice on how to do just that; duck a suckah. While explaining the differences between suckahs and playas, Boom boasts of knowing the game because he lived it, though not regretfully. Who better to learn this type of skill from than someone who has played? Why not count them as lessons learned in order to fulfill His mission? Yes... His mission. Boom's passages preach empowerment, success, and happiness among women and their relationships. He gives common examples and suggest `tests' to detect suckahs and/or playas but not without giving thanks to his higher power for allowing him to be able to speak to women positively. Boom even provides tips on empowering soon-to-be women, what it means to be a lady, and tapping into internal strength during trying times.

While the effort was grand, Big Boom delivered a guide that can be most helpful to young women. Some of the techniques used by suckahs and playas that were described are common knowledge for most older and mature women. With Boom revealing his background, I felt a certain degree of trust in what he was writing but it lost some of its validity in a passage regarding abusive relationships. It is obvious there is limited knowledge on the subject as some of solutions given could create more danger for a victim of abuse. Still, there were very precious jewels between the covers. One of the most memorable of them for me is when he writes:

The graveyard is full of brand new gifts that have never been touched before. Make sure you open yours before you die.

This manual is from a big heart and you can tell in the conversational tone of the book and how he continually asks his readers to hear him out. People who are looking for a good pick-up-your-spirits guide and those who are looking for validation that they have a suckah on their hands would thoroughly enjoy this book.

Reviewed by Darnetta Frazier
APOOO BookClub

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Players No More, September 21, 2008

A Kid's Review

This review is from: How to Duck a Suckah: A Guide to Living a Drama-Free Life (Paperback)

This book is tight. Tells the secrets of how the players think, manipulate, lie, cheat, and ways they will us to get the ladies to give "it" up. From a former player himself, Big Boom, tells his story and all the player rules to help the ladies eliminate the game and find the real men who are looking for a really good woman. Even after reading the book, I spotted some of the "gamers" and put a halt to all of their manuvering. A really interesting read.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, January 29, 2008

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thesavvybamalady "swblkdiamond" (Prichard, Alabama USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Duck a Suckah: A Guide to Living a Drama-Free Life (Paperback)

I have to say, I saw this book at Walmart, and I just had to get a copy right then and there, and I really like it. Boom has some really interesting insights on relationships. I liked the one suggestion about making a man pray when your alone together more like an ice breaker and test so to speak.Good book to check out if your working on relationships.