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Rabbit : the autobiography of Ms. Pat / Patricia Williams with Jeannine Amber.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 227 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780062407306
  • 0062407309
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Bear cat -- Hot lead -- Struggling and scheming -- Angel in leather boots -- Devil in disguise -- First dance -- Love lesson -- Age of consent -- Love and options -- Wife on the side -- It's time -- Baby formula -- Hustlers and the weak -- Night crawlers -- Partners in crime -- Mama on the block -- The breakup -- Aim higher -- Locked up -- Hood wisdom -- Mr. Nice Guy -- Four more -- Letting go -- Job readiness -- Eight minus four -- Angels -- Epilogue.
Summary: The popular comedian traces her youth in Atlanta's most troubled neighborhood at the height of the crack epidemic, discussing her experiences with petty crime and prostitution that led to her becoming a mother at age thirteen before resolving to secure a better life for her children.
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult Book Adult Book Main Library Biography Williams P. W726 Available 33111009181815
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Finalist for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature

Finalist for a 2018 Southern Book Prize for Biography and History

"I pounced on [Ms. Pat's] book. And I thought she did such a great job...God, [Rabbit] was entertaining. And I recommended it to so many people." ―David Sedaris, author of the New York Times bestseller Calypso

"An absolute must-read" - Shondaland

"[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor" - New York Times

"I know a lot of people think they know what it's like to grow up in the hood. Like maybe they watched a couple of seasons of The Wire and they got the shit all figured out. But TV doesn't tell the whole story." - Ms. Pat

They called her Rabbit.

Patricia Williams (aka Ms. Pat) was born and raised in Atlanta at the height of the crack epidemic. One of five children, Pat watched as her mother struggled to get by on charity, cons, and petty crimes. At age seven, Pat was taught to roll drunks for money. At twelve, she was targeted for sex by a man eight years her senior. By thirteen, she was pregnant. By fifteen, Pat was a mother of two.

Alone at sixteen, Pat was determined to make a better life for her children. But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education, her options were limited. She learned quickly that hustling and humor were the only tools she had to survive. Rabbit is an unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor. With wisdom and humor, Pat gives us a rare glimpse of what it's really like to be a black mom in America.

Bear cat -- Hot lead -- Struggling and scheming -- Angel in leather boots -- Devil in disguise -- First dance -- Love lesson -- Age of consent -- Love and options -- Wife on the side -- It's time -- Baby formula -- Hustlers and the weak -- Night crawlers -- Partners in crime -- Mama on the block -- The breakup -- Aim higher -- Locked up -- Hood wisdom -- Mr. Nice Guy -- Four more -- Letting go -- Job readiness -- Eight minus four -- Angels -- Epilogue.

The popular comedian traces her youth in Atlanta's most troubled neighborhood at the height of the crack epidemic, discussing her experiences with petty crime and prostitution that led to her becoming a mother at age thirteen before resolving to secure a better life for her children.

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