{"product_id":"pretty-can-be-ugly-real-inspiring-raw-coming-of-age-life-story","title":"Pretty Can Be Ugly: real, inspiring, raw... COMING OF AGE LIFE STORY","description":"Take a journey with Kimiko a.k.a Miko through the urban hoods of Detroit.\n\"Where what you know may get you checked but who you know may get you respect.\"\n\"Where what you're wearing may get you street cred or robbed.\"\n\"Where family and friends collide while relationships and bonds divide.\"\nAs this trip takes several detours, you'll learn all new beginnings end differently, people can't be trusted and the closest people to you need to be monitored at all times. You'll also witness that picture perfect situations on the outside are broken and destroyed on the inside.\nMiko is a young girl who faces judgment from classmates, family members, and strangers in her everyday life.\nBetween her exotic features and her clean-cut upkeeping, people have no choice but to assume she's spoiled and her life is perfect.\nWhat people don't know is behind closed doors Miko actually hates the life she lives and the place she calls home.\nWhile everyone is mesmerized over her beauty and style, she deeply wishes she wasn't standing in the nice shoes she's in.\nPretty can be Ugly is a publication that goes into details about family, love, control, change, and prosperity.\nA lot of times in certain situations you're forced to deal with unfortunate circumstances, but in every set back there's a lesson to be learned. One significant lesson that Miko had to learn is not to let where you come from dictate where you're going. Another tough lesson is, to not be a product of your environment.\nAnd most importantly, not to judge a book by its cover.\nPretty can be Ugly\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0578246635\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0578246635.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Lewis, Kimiko\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43534166491197,"sku":"BVV.0578246635.G","price":18.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0578246635-0.jpg?v=1788212464","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/pretty-can-be-ugly-real-inspiring-raw-coming-of-age-life-story","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}