T he Real Housewives of Atlanta averaged 1.3 million viewers per episode in its first season. Nene Leakes the show’s outrageous dazzlingly captivating tell-it-like-it-is star has been lauded by her legions of fans for her refreshing honesty her infectiously genuine style and her clever sense of humor. Here in this straight-talking and provocative memoir Nene charts her journey from the family black sheep to single motherhood to making good and realizing her dream. Nene tackles her painful childh