The book chronicles Pearson's life in East Baltimore, including her birth as a 3 pound crack baby, her placement into foster care and her eight-year prison sentence in Jessup, Maryland, on second-degree murder charges.

The book also chronicles her rehabilitation and how she was cast in the HBO series The Wire, where she played the eponymous character Felicia "Snoop" Pearson.

[1] According to the memoir, Pearson says her life was turned around upon learning in prison that a close friend and drug dealer, whom she called "Uncle", was killed.

"[1] The book also depicts the difficulty with which Pearson attempts to adjust to life after prison; she was fired from two jobs due to her criminal background, which drove her to return temporarily to drug dealing.

[2] Pearson was giving a book tour for Grace After Midnight while The Wire season 5 was being aired.