They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood Cover:Paperback with a Nigerian father and

with a Nigerian father and white Catholic mother

” —Michiko Kakutani

Journee turns to the first man she loved

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In sharing her path toward healing and saying "me too

They Better Call Me Sugar: My Journey from the Hood to the Hardwood Cover:Paperback with a Nigerian father andAn inherently compelling memoir . . . A simply fascinating and ultimately inspiring story. Midwest Book Review Rodgers pulls no punches in this raw, emotional rags to riches memoir. Publishers Weekly Growing up in dire poverty in Suffolk, Virginia, Sugar (born TaShauna) Rodgers never imagined that she would become an all star player in the WNBA (Womens National Basketball Association). Both of her siblings were in and out of prison throughout much of