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Did everyone have an imaginary friend (or just me)? : adventures in boyhood / Jay Ellis.
"What to do when you're the perpetual new kid, only child, military brat hustling school-to-school each year and everyone's looking to you for answers? Make some shit up, of course! And a young Jay Ellis does just that, with help from every child's favorite co-conspirator -- their imaginary best friend. Born in the perfect storm of especially ferocious rain and a sugar-fueled imagination, Mikey, his imaginary best friend, steps in to figuratively hold Jay's hand through various youthful shenanigans. A testament to the importance of imagination, trusting oneself, and making space for your creativity, Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend or Just Me? is a memoir of a 90s kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate everything from parallel pop culture universes, like watching Fresh Prince alongside John Hughes movies or listening to Ja Rule and Dave Matthews, to a lifetime of birthday disappointment (being a Christmas season Capricorn will do that to you) and hoop dreams gone bad. Mikey also guides him through greater tragedies, like losing his teenage cousin in a mistaken-target drive-by and the shame and fear of being pulled over by cops almost a dozen times the year he got his driver's license. As imaginary friend morphs into adult consciousness, Ellis charts an unforgettable story of looking within yourself for guidance to some of life's biggest (and smallest) challenges, told in the roast-you-with-love voice of your closest homie"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593243190 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 276 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : One World, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Mikey and me : intro -- Act a fool wit' it -- The week I joined a gang -- Road trippin' -- Young love -- Who you talkin' to? -- Role models -- Peer pressured -- Family business -- There's no "I" in team, but there is a "me" -- Amongst company -- The show must go on. |
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| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Personal narratives. |
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- Baker & Taylor
The award-winning star of HBOâs Insecure recounts how his imaginary best friend helped him navigate his childhood as an only child and military brat who was always the new kid in school. Illustrations. - Baker & Taylor
"What to do when you're the perpetual new kid, only child, military brat hustling school-to-school each year and everyone's looking to you for answers? Make some shit up, of course! And a young Jay Ellis does just that, with help from every child's favorite co-conspirator-their imaginary best friend. Born in the perfect storm of especially ferocious rain and a sugar-fueled imagination, Mikey, his imaginary best friend, steps in to figuratively hold Jay's hand through various youthful shenanigans. A testament to the importance of imagination, trusting oneself, and making space for your creativity, Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend or Just Me? is a memoir of a 90s kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate everything from parallel pop culture universes, like watching Fresh Prince alongside John Hughes movies or listening to Ja Rule and Dave Matthews, to a lifetime of birthday disappointment (being a Christmas season Capricorn will do that to you) and hoop dreams gone bad. Mikey also guides him through greater tragedies, like losing his teenage cousin in a mistaken-target driveby and the shame and fear of being pulled over by cops almost a dozen times the year he got his driver's license. As imaginary friend morphs into adult consciousness, Ellis charts an unforgettable story of looking within yourself for guidance to some of life's biggest (and smallest) challenges, told in the roast-you-with-love voice of your closest homie"-- - Random House, Inc.
Jay Ellis, star of HBOâs Insecure, tells the story of growing up with an imaginary best friend you will never forgetâpart Dwayne Wayne from A Different World, part Will Smith from The Fresh Prince of Bel-Airâin this hilarious, vulnerable memoir.
âSo funny, poignant, and personal. I loved this and you will, too.ââMindy Kaling, author of Why Not Me? and Nothing Like I Imagined
What to do when youâre the perpetual new kid, only child, and military brat hustling school to school each year and everyoneâs looking to you for answers? Make some shit up, of course! And a young Jay Ellis does just that, with help from his imaginary friend, Mikey.
A testament to the importance of invention, trusting oneself, and making space for creativity, Did Everyone Have an Imaginary Friend (or Just Me)? is a memoir of a kid who confided in his imaginary sidekick to navigate parallel pop culture universes (like watching Fresh Prince alongside John Hughes movies or listening to Ja Rule and Dave Matthews) to a lifetime of birthday disappointment (being a Christmas-season Capricorn will do that to you) and hoop dreams gone bad. Mikey also guides Ellis through tragedies, like losing his teenage cousin in a mistaken-target drive-by and the shame and fear of being pulled over by cops almost a dozen times the year he got his driverâs license.
As his imaginary friend morphs into adult consciousness, Ellis charts an unforgettable story of looking inward to solve to some of lifeâs biggest (and smallest) challenges, told in the roast-you-with-love voice of your closest homey.
