4 the Record

4 The Record: The Memories & Music of my Life is the debut novel from Author Charita Brittenum, an award-winning 30+ year veteran in the music industry comes her memoir about family, love, loss, friends, including experiencing physical abuse at a young age and her hustle to get into a male-dominated field and take it on with a vengeance. Charita has always loved music and fashion and somehow she knew her destiny would take her life to one or both of those industries. You will read how...
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4 The Record: The Memories & Music of my Life is the debut novel from Author Charita Brittenum, an award-winning 30+ year veteran in the music industry comes her memoir about family, love, loss, friends, including experiencing physical abuse at a young age and her hustle to get into a male-dominated field and take it on with a vengeance. Charita has always loved music and fashion and somehow she knew her destiny would take her life to one or both of those industries. You will read how she grew up in the very racist state of Mississippi during the times of segregation and integration. In this book, you will read all about J. F. Brittenum & Son Funeral Home, their black-owned family business, which was started by her grandfather in 1930, who possessed only a 5th grade education and 92 years later is still successfully run by her awesome brother. In 4 The Record, you will also see how she opens up about being a single mother while working in the Music Industry, having to travel quite a lot, and having to be away often from her daughter after being divorced for the past 20 years. Come along with Charita on her journey through life and the life of so many others including artists that she works closely with everyday to ensure they receive #1 records and win major awards.