Introduction

Bonnie Thompson’s memoir, A Cry No One Heard, is about bad decisions, sisterhood, pursuing dreams, and the elegance of second chances. Moreover, it’s a novel about undying friendship and the untold early beginnings of the all-girl band Klymaxx. Music producer, author, and diseuse Bernadette Cooper, known as the creator of the all-girl-band Klymaxx and Madame X, wrote the memoir from the diary of her friend Bonnie Thompson. As an added benefit, the biography sparkles with historical references by Raina Shaw.

Despite episodes of extreme darkness, the beauty of the story is in its ancestry, friendship, and evolution, as the quintessence of change is present in it.

Journey through the early beginnings of Bonnie’s family in the 1920s South of Old before the rise of Hitler and during the era of the Great Migration. Meet Bonnie’s great grandparents, the Motts, as they raise their tribe, working together for their farm’s survival.

After generations pass by, from the fabric of this family, a baby girl was born from the womb of a stripper. That child was thrust into a life full of turmoil. She grew up determined to achieve something more significant than what she thought her past would allow her to be… a star!

Bonnie chooses the lustful path, the sensual vehicle that will drive her from the Deep South to the Hollywood sign and then to the penitentiary.

After traveling to Los Angeles, she soon meets Bernadette Cooper and experiences many adventures while nurturing a dream. Their relationship is a surreal view of sisterhood as observing Bernadette’s stick-to-it-iveness and Bonnie’s determination to help her friend succeed.

You will experience a blend of whimsical and disturbing incidents as the pair makes their way to stardom. In their fervent pursuit, one woman moves forward toward her iconic dream and creates the first successful R&B, pop, all-girl band, Klymaxx, while the other’s earth-shattering decisions lead her to sex with superstars, drugs, cons, Johns, a one-woman crime spree, and, eventually, murder and then prison; however, despite the latter’s fall into depravity, she raises herself up after incarceration through divinity.

The journey of this true story will amaze you.

Cooper channels Bonnie’s voice in this biography as she pays homage to her friend, the silent contributor Bonnie Thompson, who was her biggest supporter.