This novel is about a young black girl named Africa, growing up without parents. Living in a group home for girls, she decided to runaway to live a more glamorous life. Instead she runs into a pimp, becomes addicted to drugs and money, every time she feels it can't get any worse it does. Being diagnosed with two months to live, her mother appears out of nowhere, but only to receive animosity from her daughter. Africa just wants a way out of life