CD Audiobook
Handbook for an unpredictable life [sound recording] : how I survived Sister Renata and my crazy mother, and still came out smiling (with great hair) / Rosie Perez.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385360715 :
- Physical Description: 10 sound discs (ca. 12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
- Edition: Unabridged ed.
- Publisher: New York : Random House Audio : p2014.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Compact discs. Subtitle from container. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by the author. |
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| Subject: | Perez, Rosie. Actors > United States > Biography. Audiobooks. Choreographers > United States > Biography. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | CD 791.43028092 Perez | 31681002439230 | CDNONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
An Oscar-nominated actress shares the previously untold story about her disadvantaged childhood and her successes in and out of the Hollywood limelight, tracing her relationship with the schizophrenic mother who relinquished her to a Catholic orphanage, the abuse she suffered in a series of homes and the fierce sense of independence that inspired her career. - Baker & Taylor
The actress shares the story of her disadvantaged childhood and her successes in and out of the Hollywood limelight, tracing her relationship with the schizophrenic mother who relinquished her to a Catholic orphanage and the fierce sense of independence that inspired her career. - Random House, Inc.
Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perezâs never-before-told story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she found successâboth in and out of the Hollywood limelight.
Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has since defined herself as a funny and talented actress who broke boundaries for Latinas in the film industry. What most people would be surprised to learn is that the woman with the big, effervescent personality has a secret straight out of a Dickens novel. At the age of three, Rosieâs life was turned upside down when her mentally ill mother tore her away from the only family she knew and placed her in a Catholic childrenâs home in New Yorkâs Westchester County. Thus began her crazily discombobulated childhood of being shuttled between âthe Home,â where she and other kids suffered all manners of cruelty from nuns, and various relativesâ apartments in Brooklyn.
Many in her circumstances would have been defined by these harrowing experiences, but with the intense determination that became her trademark, Rosie overcame the odds and made an incredible life for herself. She brings her journey vividly to life on each page of this memoirâfrom the vibrant streets of Brooklyn to her turbulent years in the Catholic home, and finally to film and TV sets and the LA and New York City hip-hop scenes of the 1980s and â90s.
More than a page-turning read, Handbook for an Unpredictable Life is a story of survival. By turns heartbreaking and funny, it is ultimately the inspirational story of a woman who has found a hard-won place of strength and peace.
