This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe (English) Paperback Bo

Description: This Is Just My Face by Gabourey Sidibe With exhilaratingly honest (and often hilarious) dispatches on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight, This Is Just My Face will resonate with anyone who has ever felt different - and with anyone who has ever felt inspired to make a dream come true. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The painfully hilarious memoir from Gabourey Sidibe - Oscar-nominated star of Precious and Empire.The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir which is wise, complex, smart and funny.This Is Just My Face is the whirlwind tour of Gabourey Sidibes life so far. In it, we meet her polygamous father, her gifted mother who fed the family by busking on the subway, and the psychic who told her shed one day be famous like Oprah.Gabby shows us round the Harlem studio apartment where she grew up, relives the debilitating depression that hit her at college, and reminisces about her first ever job as a phone sex talker (less creepy than youd think).With exhilaratingly honest (and often hilarious) dispatches on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight, This Is Just My Face will resonate with anyone who has ever felt different - and with anyone who has ever felt inspired to make a dream come true.Frank, funny, and insanely charming Lena DunhamA read that lives up to the unforgettable attitude of its name GlamourYoure the BOMB, girl! President Barack Obama Notes A painfully funny memoir from Oscar-nominated star of Precious and Empire Gabourey Sidibe, featuring forward-thinking and honest dispatches on friendship, depression, race, fashion and taking a constructive response to your doubters. Author Biography Gabourey Sidibe is an award-winning actress who shot to fame when she took the title role of Precious, based on the novel Push by Sapphire. She has since starred in American Horror Story and Empire and has recently made her directorial debut with the short film The Tale of Four. She was born in Brooklyn and raised in Harlem, New York. This Is Just My Face is her first book. Review Here, Gabourey Sidibe cements her status as gives-zero-effs queen of Hollywood AND perceptive best friend in your head. Frank, funny, and insanely charming…we are blessed by her honesty, passion and wit * Lena Dunham *A read that lives up to the unforgettable attitude of its name...This is Just My Face will make you fall in love with this funny, talented, gorgeous, bad bitch of a woman * Glamour *Gabourey Sidibes memoir isnt your average celebrity memoir. Its good. Really good. And not just because its revealing (although that it is), but because its well-written... Observant and funny, but not indulgent or try-hard * Cosmopolitan *A book you will want to give your daughter * The New York Times *"I just wrote the truth, and it made me feel better." That is the theme of this unique and universal book by a young woman who is both a total surprise and an instant classic. Gabby combines New York and Senegal, the streets and the heights, bravery and self-doubt, laughing and seriousness. Her truth helps us to find ours—and what could be a bigger gift than that? * Gloria Steinem *Sidibes hilarious Twitter account is no fluke – the Empire actress memoir about growing up in New York City and finding unexpected fame in Hollywood is sharp, witty, and wonderfully substantive * Entertainment Weekly *Gabourey Sidibes delightful memoir This Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare offers a memorable look into what happens when a black girls dreams come true, from the inside out. From her unique childhood as the daughter of a subway singer mother and polygamous father to struggling with depression to getting the role of Precious, Sidibe is fearless, incredibly funny and gorgeously open. What she offers of herself in these pages is a gift * Roxane Gay *A mix of complexity, intelligence and humor, Gabbys book promises to be as big a success as her acting * People *To know Gabby is to love Gabby. To read her book is to love her even more. It is bold, brave, on-your-front-foot writing. Her story inspires you to step up and own your life with a compassion and confidence so potent that it will break down any door * Laura Linney *A funny, smart memoir * Nylon *Youre the BOMB, girl! * President Barack Obama * Promotional The painfully hilarious memoir from Gabourey Sidibe - Oscar-nominated star of Precious and Empire. Review Text Here, Gabourey Sidibe cements her status as gives-zero-effs queen of Hollywood AND perceptive best friend in your head. Frank, funny, and insanely charming...we are blessed by her honesty, passion and wit Review Quote Here, Gabourey Sidibe cements her status as gives-zero-effs queen of Hollywood AND perceptive best friend in your head. Frank, funny, and insanely charming...we are blessed by her honesty, passion and wit Promotional "Headline" The painfully hilarious memoir from Gabourey Sidibe - Oscar-nominated star of Precious and Empire. Details ISBN1784708445 Author Gabourey Sidibe Pages 256 Publisher Vintage Publishing Year 2018 ISBN-10 1784708445 ISBN-13 9781784708443 Format Paperback Publication Date 2018-06-07 Media Book Imprint Vintage Subtitle Try Not to Stare Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 791.43028092 Short Title This Is Just My Face Language English UK Release Date 2018-06-07 AU Release Date 2018-06-07 NZ Release Date 2018-06-07 Narrator Sarah Ridgeway Illustrator Moses Nester Birth 1927 Affiliation Lecturer, University of Fort Hare Position Professor Qualifications J.D. Audience General Alternative 9781473555679 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:123841190;

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