Cupcake Brown shares her story of recovery from addiction and abuse

By Thomas Fudge / Science and Technology Reporter, KPBS Public Broadcasting

Published March 7, 2006 at 9:00 PM PST

This story was published more than 19 years ago.

The New York Times describes A Piece of Cake as a calamity-packed addiction memoir. Tom Fudge speaks with the author, Cupcake Brown, about her story from prostitution, abuse and addiction to a thriv

The New York Times describes A Piece of Cake as a calamity-packed addiction memoir. Tom Fudge speaks with the author, Cupcake Brown, about her story from prostitution, abuse and addiction to a thriving legal career. And finds out how she has been impacted by the controversy surrounding James Frey and his memoir, A Million Little Pieces .

Cupcake Brown will be signing copies of her book at Borders Mission Valley tonight, 3/8/06, at 7 pm. Borders is located at 1072 Camino Del Rio North.

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Guest:

Cupcake Brown , is the author of A Piece of Cake . It is the account of her life from prostitution, addiction and abuse to law career at Bingham McCutchen in San Fransisco. Cupcake Brown lived in San Diego for much of her life.

Cupcake Brown shares her story of recovery from addiction and abuse

The New York Times describes A Piece of Cake as a calamity-packed addiction memoir. Tom Fudge speaks with the author, Cupcake Brown, about her story from prostitution, abuse and addiction to a thriv

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