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The last black unicorn / Tiffany Haddish.

Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- (author.).

Summary:

Haddish grew up in one of the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles and felt she never fit in anywhere: not in the households she rotated through in the foster care system, and certainly not the nearly all white high school she had to ride the bus an hour to attend. As an illiterate ninth grader, Tiffany did everything she could to survive -- and finally realized she had talent in an area she never would have suspected: comedy. The obstacles of sex, race, and class in her way, but she got there. Here she tells of how she was able to achieve her dreams by reveling in her pain and awkwardness, showing the world who she really is, and inspiring others through the power of laughter.

Record details

ISBN: 9781501181832 (trade paperback)
Physical Description: 278 pages ; 21 cm
Edition: First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Gallery Books, 2019.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

Invitation -- Mascots and Bar Mitzvahs: high school years -- Laugh Factory Comedy Camp -- Family and foster care -- Titus the boyfriend -- The pimp gets pimped -- Roscoe the handicapped angel -- How I got (restarted) in comedy -- Dating -- The ex-husband -- The long road to comedy success -- Tiffany's true Hollywood stories -- She ready.