My Time To Shine [Paperback]

Edd Mcnair (Author)

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About the Author

A Virginia native born and raised in Virginia Beach, Ed McNair has lived through many of the events he documented in "My Time To Shine". Grateful for surviving the experiences that could have been his downfall, McNair felt compelled to write and publish his story. In less than a year he went from selling the book out of the back of his car to signing a publishing deal with Black Print Publishing. Ed is currently working on his second novel. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Urban Books (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893196720
• ISBN-13: 978-1893196728
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.2 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,271,456 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I want it all!, June 22, 2004

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The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers (RAWSISTAZ.com and BlackBookReviews.net) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Time to Shine (Paperback)

"We wanted the best and were determined to get it at any cost." This sentence sums up the book, MY TIME TO SHINE. Dee, Junie, and Black are raised in a single parent home without the creature comforts that so many Americans take for granted. The brothers are tired of it. They want big cars, palatial houses, lots of jewelry, clothes and plenty of fine women and they make it their business to get those things. Education doesn't seem the way to go because it takes too long so they go the way of the streets. All three brothers know how dangerous it is, but do they really appreciate it?

In their own way, they are kind and considerate. They take care of their mother and auntie, who is also a single parent, first and then they deck themselves out. First come the cars, the clothes, the jewelry and then the houses. The women, looking for a way out themselves, aren't far behind. They know players when they see them and they latch on in spite of the treatment they receive from the men. They are referred to as hoes, bitches and hookers - no matter what their station is in life. Beatings are regular and expected. But the money is too good for them to leave.

Ed McNair has opened a doorway into a life many of us would have no way of knowing about unless someone told us. The book is an education about how poverty can force strange choices. I still have difficulty accepting murder, mutilation and anything-for-a-dollar as a way of life but he has created a page-turner that is hard to put down.

Reviewed by alice Holman
of The RAWSISTAZ Reviewers

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars best street novel, May 25, 2006

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ann757 (Virginia Beach) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Time to Shine (Paperback)

i loved the author's attention to detail, it pulls you in and makes you feel like you know the characters personally. once the story started to take off, i couldn't put the book down, especially when it came to dee and his situations. you'll love this book, and i hear the author's next book is even better.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real life story, February 12, 2003

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Prince (Brooklyn, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: My Time to Shine (Paperback)

This story was told with no regrets. You could feel each character. Everybody has a Black and a Dee in their family.
It takes you into the streets and into the mind of young cats trying to become major players. They come from a rough background, but through hustles, murders, and street schemes, they rose above all and shined. Black was a true hustler, Lo was treacherous and Dee was the man, he held it all down. kept me turning the pages. Finished it in a day.
Familiar schenes in New York and VA allowed me to be part of the story.

Please hurry, I need to read part II, it's got to be a sequel.