Coldest Winter Ever
Sister Souljah, who in a move many call a serious misstep, casts herself in the novel as the moral compass, opens her home to Winter, who lives there for a while, listening to Souljahs messages of self-love and community building. Never buying anything she says, Winter drifts from man to man, finally herself is arrested for drug related charges and winds up serving a 15-year sentence for having a bad attitude. ... The Coldest Winter Ever, is a streetwise, life-of-crime saga of Winter Santiaga, the teenage daughter of a Brooklyn drug kingpin and a girl much like those Souljah says she meets all the time in her work with the African Youth Survival Camp, which is for homeless children and Daddys House Social Programs funded by Sean "Puffy" Combs. ... She even added the title of author to her resume having published two books No Disrespect and the NY Times bestseller The Coldest Winter Ever. ... The main character of the novel, Winter Santiaga, is precocious, but tough all at the same time. ... While visiting her father at Rikers Island, Winter discovers her father has a 22-year-old mistress and a baby boy. For the first time, Winter feels anger toward her father and pity for her fallen mother who has turn to cocaine. Being the ruthless hood rat that she is, however, Winter leaves her weakened relatives behind and sets off to regain her stature and reinstate her father. ... Sister Souljah, who in a move many call a serious misstep, casts herself in the novel as the moral compass, opens her home to Winter, who lives there for a while, listening to Souljahs messages of self-love and community building.