Inner City Struggles

About the Book

“Inner City Struggles” tells the hardcore reality of three brothers (C Loc, TJ, and Lil’ Willie) growing up in these wicked LA streets.  The story begins in the summer of 1985 and concludes in the year 2002.

            This street fiction work of art covers gang life, pimping, gambling, sex, drugs, family values, political issues, and religion.

            Journey with C Loc, TJ, and Lil’ Willie as they travel down the bumpy road of life and become men right before your eyes.

            Roberta the mother of the boys is the glue that keeps the family together.  She displays her “tough love” tactics and strong will perseverance to raise her sons in to model citizens as well as taking care of her ill father.

            All the highs and the lows will have you glued to your seat in suspense.  Welcome to the world of “hood life”.    

About the Author

“Inner City Struggles” is the first published manuscript from Courtney Rhyne-Brett.  He was raised in an environment where he witnessed first hand all the carnal warfare that the gang life represented in the 80’s and the 90’s.

In 1998 he was shot point blank range in his back and his thigh by gang members and lost his mother to cancer ten months later so this was a traumatic time for Mr. Rhyne.

In 2000 his daughter Cayla Rhyne was born and this motivated him to change his life around and go back to school.  In 2005 he received a BA Degree in Recreation Administration from Cal State Dominguez Hills while quitting his job driving buses for MTA to pursue a career in writing and in the field of Recreation.