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    Little Black Sheep: A Memoir
    Little Black Sheep: A Memoir
    Little Black Sheep: A Memoir
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    Little Black Sheep: A Memoir

    Written by Ashley Cleveland

    Narrated by Ashley Cleveland

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    Your deepest pain can be your greatest hope.

    This powerful memoir from Grammy Award-winner Ashley Cleveland reminds us that even in the lowest times of our lives, beauty can shine through.

    Ashley Cleveland grew up in a Southern family fractured by alcoholism, homosexuality, and the collapse of her parents' marriage. She knew from the start that she was the "good-for-nothing" black sheep of her divided home, and she quickly learned to play the part.

    Yet in her destructive days of drugs, alcohol, and sex, she encountered a forgiving God who was relentlessly faithful. Change did not come quickly. The brokenness did not disappear. But Ashley allowed God to heal her, to transform her desires, to bring courage to others through her journey. Little by little she saw that it was her brokenness itself that God wanted to use.

    This beautifully told story will take you from the back rooms of Nashville to the churches of the San Francisco Bay area to a tender new life where one woman discovers that broken places often supply the best things we have to give away.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOasis Audio
    Release dateSep 1, 2013
    ISBN9781621882763

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      “This is the story of the groundwork that paved the way to my faith. It is not an easy story to tell….” Little Black Sheep – a memoir from Grammy Award winner Ashley Cleveland reminds us that even in the lowest times of our lives, beauty can shine through. Since I treasured Ashley Cleveland’s music ever since her debut album Big Town (1991), I was curious to read her own memoir. Ashley was encouraged to write a book because she’s a story to tell. I totally agree. Outcast for both CCM industry in the 90′s (lyrics broke the unspoken but distinct rules on lyrics) as well as Atlantic Records because of a couple of songs hinting on Christian themes. Eventually she got a couple of Grammy Awards. The raw music had an even more raw personal side. Raised in a family, where dad flirts with homosexuality and alcohol, Ashley felt out of place. Too big hands, unattractive to boys, gaining weights where she shouldn’t and lots and lots of alcohol and stimulants of every kind. Losing her virginity and getting pregnant before she even considers the consequences.The AA didn’t help at first, her mother’s pushing to attend church and find God didn’t help. Friends weren’t around. Developing her musical talents, from covering other artists to writing her own songs in the early 90′s leading to Big Town, there was always the relapse, and new challenges. Kenny Greenberg, the guitar player she had admired for years, eventually became her husband. A Jewish background and a similar past of alcohol addiction, raising children, writing and touring, and the ever swinging pendulum of overcoming and giving in to addictions. To become “joyful and triumphant” took many years. Little by little, Ashley discovered that God wanted to use her brokenness. Little Black Sheep isn’t an instant conversion story, but an authentic account of a battle for souls. You can only be thankful for the wonders that happened, be cautious of the difference between the artist and the man or woman off-scene, as well of your own authenticity.