Ol'Timer (Paperback)

Product Description:: Brian Moore is nineteen years old, and has only six months in on a fifty to life prison sentence. But that s the least of his problems. The Inmates in The Department of Corrections call it the Department of Corruption. Imagine criminal minds from all over New York State being shipped and warehoused in various facilities up north and being left to their own devices. In this overcrowded world of misery, oppression, addiction and violence, Brian must buy into the insanity in order to remain sane. And if by some miracle he regains his freedom, Jennifer will stop at nothing to punish him for her sister s murder.

About the Author

Arlene Brathwaite is the mother of five children, 3 of which were adopted, and she has 3 grandchildren. With the strength and fortitude that only a woman could have, she worked 3 jobs until she moved what was left of her family out of the ghetto. She has transformed her loss-pain into the will to expose the nightmares of street dreams. The nightmares hustlers seldom talk about. The nightmares that got two of the people she loved life bids in prison. My first book entitled Youngin was inspired by one of the many tragic events in my life that has led many teens to prison. This book was so real to me in more ways than one. I am currently in the process of publishing the sequel to Youngin entitled Ol Timer, which shows how an out-of-control teen can change, even within the confines of prison. In the near future, I will be publishing a romance novel entitled Soul Dancing, Butta Cutz, Devon and an autobiography entitled I ll take you there. In writing these books, I was able to showcase my versatility in three different genres (Urban Fiction, Romance, and Non Fiction), because I believe an author shouldn t pigeon hole him/her self. We should allow our inner selves to be free to express whatever needs to come to the surface.