Christmas in the Hood: Stories

By Nikki Turner, K. Elliott, J.M. Benjamin, et al.

Book Overview

The undisputed queen of hip-hop fiction, #1 Essence bestselling author Nikki Turner unwraps a talented new collection of writers with raw urban stories to jingle your bells this season. Christmas in the Hood presents fresh talent alongside shining stars such as K. Elliott and Seth "Soul Man" Ferranti-all writing gritty tales that reveal what the holidays bring for the naughty and the nice who live by the code of the street. In "Secret Santa," after her children's Christmas presents are stolen, a woman has to decide what she's willing to sacrifice to give them the holiday they deserve; in "Me and Grandma," a senior sleighs more crack than candy canes to bring Christmas cheer to her needy grandkids; and in "Holiday Hell," Noelle must raise $23,000 to repay a loan shark or her sister will become a ghost of Christmas past. True to the streets and true to the season, these stories will raise the holiday spirit in the heart of even the most ghetto-hardened gangsta. "The ghetto's voice without constraint." -Upscale, on Tales from da Hood

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B00A2M3R1U
• ISBN13: 9780345497802
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: One World
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

Hood Christmas

I've had some hood Christmases myself but none like these, The first one was ok, although I was wondering about a stripper catching feelings for these brothers so quick..2 weeks? yeah ok.I did like the ending though. Holiday Hell was a good one,Me and Grandma was interesting too. I didn't really care for Christmas Song had I was trying to push myself to read it but forget about it..aaarrrgghh!

I guess 4 out of 5 isn't bad.

Ok to make a long one short this book was pretty good.I enjoyed all the stories.The only one I couldnt get into or didnt bother to finish was A Christmas Song by Seth"soul man" Ferranti.I dont know what direction that story was going and when he started to introduce a billion characters I knew it was time to skip over it.Other than that the rest were good.

Christmas was off the hook!!!!

K.Elliott ****.5 Mo Shines ***** Dee Blackmon **** J.M.Benjamin***** Seth Ferranti****

Good Stories

RATINGS BY STORY: 1.) Secret Santa- K.Elliott *** 2.) Me and Grandma-Mo Shine **** 3.) Holiday Hell-Dee Blackmon ***** (My favorite story) 4.) A Christmas Song-Seth "the soul man" Ferranti-**** 5>) Charge It To the Game- J.M. Benjamin -***** (My favorite story)

Good Stories

I haven't read but one of Nikki's offerings, and this book kind of drew me in especially the story about the stripper who gets ripped off at Christmas time, but in the end gets the ultimate blessing. I really liked that story. Secret Santa is the name of that. i really liked it because I can relate and been there too. I believe every sister should have a Secret Santa out there to set her back on the straight and narrow.Out of all the stories, "Charge it to the Game" was the one I didn't care for. That Meeka was a true piece of work to begin with and then to do what she did was not right. I don't care what you said, but it was not right. "Holiday Hell" was grim but the ending made up for it. The story about the dope dealing grandma was great too. There are a lot of senior citizens in the game now trying to supplement their checks and what not and that is not right. All around, a good book.