Nationally, Hurst has received critical acclaim for It was never about a hot dog and a Coke. Recently, It was never about a hot dog and a Coke was voted the Multi-Cultural Non-fiction Category Winner in the USA Book News National Best Book Awards.
It was never about a hot dog and a Coke was also voted the Non-Fiction Category Winner in the Premier Book Reviews (formerly Sabrina Book Reviews) National Book Competition and also voted one of their three best books of the year.
It was never about a hot dog and a Coke was the Second Place winner in the Memoir/Autobiography Category of the 2008 Premier Book Awards National Book Competition (not connected to Premier Book Reviews).
It was never about a hot dog and a Coke was the Second Place Winner in the Autobiography Biography Category for the 2008 Beach Book Festival and received Honorable Mention in the Autobiography/Biography Category at the 2008 New York Book Festival
Rosetta was born in 1909 as the youngest of ten children. The family had more laughter than money and neighbors would knock on their door to ask, "Can we come in and laugh, too?"
TRUE STORY. Bella survived an abusive powerbroker father with organized crime ties, a drug-addicted mother and a physically/sexually abusive brother. Shocking & inspirational. When she couldn't cry, she tattooed a crying angel to cry for her.