{"product_id":"hood-lessons-hard-love-shyeonia-pinkney-9798247710271","title":"Hood Lessons, Hard Love: I didn't break","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHood Lessons, Hard Love\u003c\/i\u003e is my real life on paper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis isn't a story about being perfect.\u003cbr\u003eIt's a story about surviving what was never supposed to be normal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up, I learned early that love doesn't always come the way it's supposed to. My mother struggled with addiction. My family was complicated. Stability was rare. And I had to figure out how to hold myself together while the people around me were falling apart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book walks through the lessons the hood taught me and the hard love that shaped me. From feeling abandoned, to questioning my worth, to losing the people who meant the most to me, I share what it really felt like to grow up in the middle of chaos and still try to believe in love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll see the confusion.\u003cbr\u003eThe anger.\u003cbr\u003eThe loneliness.\u003cbr\u003eThe grief.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut you'll also see the growth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll watch me become a mother, learning how to love my kids in ways I wasn't always shown. You'll see me fight to break generational cycles, protect my peace, and build something better for my future. Not because life was easy, but because I refused to let it break me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd just when life started to feel like it was finally getting good, everything changed again.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book also takes you through the betrayal, the regret, and the moments that shook me to my core. The kind of pain that makes you question people, love, and even yourself. The kind of loss that leaves you replaying everything in your head, wondering what you could've done differently. Wondering what signs you missed. Wondering how something so real could be taken so fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYou'll feel the heartbreak.\u003cbr\u003eThe shock.\u003cbr\u003eThe silence after the storm.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut you'll also see the strength that came from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis story isn't just about where I came from.\u003cbr\u003eIt's about what I survived.\u003cbr\u003eIt's about who I became.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is for the ones who had to grow up too fast.\u003cbr\u003eFor the ones who loved people who couldn't always love them back.\u003cbr\u003eFor the ones still healing from things they never deserved.\u003cbr\u003eAnd for anyone trying to turn pain into purpose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese weren't my breaking points.\u003cbr\u003eThese were my lessons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is \u003ci\u003eHood Lessons, Hard Love.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shyeonia Pinkney\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798247710271\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/10\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.21d","brand":"Shyeonia Pinkney","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443159183615,"sku":"9798247710271","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_774d1d83-b71d-44e7-a41b-b609330022a0.jpg?v=1777202237","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hood-lessons-hard-love-shyeonia-pinkney-9798247710271","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}