When You Look at Me

By Undra E. Biggs

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0964763567
• ISBN13: 9780964763562
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: La Caille Nous
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

While you have it, cherish it before it's gone..............

We can't change the way things are. "If you can't love the one you want, then love the one you're with!" To be young, stupid, and in love mixed with some teen pregnancy, a dash of hustling, flavored with baby mama drama, and seasoned in family feud! NOW THAT'S AN EXPLOSIVE MIXTURE! "When you look at me" is a forthright story about the lives of Tamlyn A. Blake, a 17-year-old single mom struggling trying to make it on her own. Be anything besides another statistic! Can Tammy rebuild or is this as good as it's going to get in her case? Hassan Colbrith, a 23-year-old ex-con hustler. Trying to do right, but he's not patient. Trying to feed a kid is hard work so Hassan goes to the streets. The main thing worrying Hassan is stepping off like his Dad did him and his mom. Can Hassan stay clear of his father wicked ways? As the two join you see the effect that their volatile love has on the lives of all the people directly and indirectly involved. More importantly it's the impact that it has on their future. The love they share in changes things for them both negatively and positively. Will the good outweigh the bad in Tamlyn and Hassan's relationship? This is a very lucid story that I am certain everyone will enjoy. Thanks Tee-Tee for the recommendation!

When You Look At Me

If you're looking for a story that's realistic, then you should by all means give WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME a read. And if you haven't learned at least a lesson or two by the time you finish this book, then you were not paying attention to the story that was being told. WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME is a very real story of a teenage mother who has to learn how to deal with life as it comes to her after making a few poor choices. You meet characters that trip and fall into mistakes that could hold them hostage for the rest of their lives. In this, her first novel, Undra E. Biggs uses tools like love, support and encouragement to blend her characters into a fast moving story that will not disappoint you from beginning to end. This is the kind of book that will make you think about being human and knowing that you don't have stay down when the world is counting you out.

My Hat is Off To You Ms.Biggs

I've been reading from the time I knew what a book was and I've read some books that made me say "Damn" that was a good book With this book I couldn't say damn I was left unable to say anything I just wanted to sit there and think about Tamlyn and Hassan and the children I felt like I knew them Whem Tamlyn cried I cried When she was happy I felt good I read this book in five hours I was dead tired but couldn't put it down Undra Biggs definitely knows how to make you feel the characters I felt like she was writing from experience not necessarily hers but from someone's who she was close to There were a few times I had to stop reading (especially towards the end) and dry my tears and I mean I was boo hooing I could relate to some of the things Tamlyn and Hasaan went through Take my word on this ( I feel like I know I've been reading AA fiction for 24 years and I read at least 2 books a week) this book wil leaveyou wanting more Ms.Biggs I can't wait for your next book you have a fan for life Oh by the way this is the first book I've left a review on and I've read at least 8 in the last month I felt compelled to let people know about this one although they were all good books this one TOUCHED ME!!!

When You Look at Me by Undra Biggs

Toward the end of the 1990s, teen pregnancy became an issue especially reserved for the back burner. Undra Bigg's debut novel, "When You Look at Me," is an exceptional journey into the life and plight of the teen-aged/single mother. WYLAM shares with the reader the joys, pain, hope, defeat, aspirations and the realities which single mothers deal with daily. I loved this book because it reveals the flip side of the ugly statistics that the media often expounds upon. I am referring to the single mothers who came from functional, healthy families, exceptional students, if and when used-- welfare was a stepping stone, high school and college graduates. The latter statements represent a large and ever growing number of teen/single mothers. WYLAM is a must read! This novel would definately serve as an esteem builder. So much so, that I have considered adding it to my lesson plan for my eighth grade English class. The objective/moral would encompass the need for adolescents to understand that all of life's choices have a consequence. My favorite line: "I hate you..." I said, but the translation of the heart was, I love you more than I love myself. Way down in the core of me there's you. So deep down inside til I am you..." Now, when love is healthy, that kind of feeling is a beautiful thing. When it's not, that feeling is a welcome sign to disaster. Read WYLAM!

Phenomenal

I don't know what I was expecting when I purchased this book but it certainly took my mind places I wasn't expecting. I laughed in some places and cried in others. "When You Look At Me" is a phenomenal read. Undra did a marvelous job with Tammy and Hassan and their stories were told perfectly. I couldn't put the book down from the time I received it to the time I finished it and it still left me wanting more. Job well done Undra. You have certainly gained a supporter of your work.