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Cack - Handed A Memoir
Cack - Handed A Memoir
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Description: The Britishcomedian of Nigerianheritage and co - executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abisholachroniclesher odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively andhumorous memoir. According to family superstition Gina Yashere was born to fulfill the dreamsof her grandmother Patience. The powerful first wife of a wealthy businessman Patience was poisoned by her jealous sister - wives and marked with a spot on herneck. From birth Gina carried a similar birthmarka sign that she was hergrandmothers chosen heir and would fulfill Patiences dreams. Gina wouldlearn to speak perfect English live unfettered by men or children work amans job and travel the world with a free spirit. Is she the reincarnation of her grandmother? Maybe. Ginaisnt ruling anything out. In Cack - Handed she recalls herintergenerational journey to success foretold by her grandmother and fulfilledthousands of miles from home. This hilarious memoir tells the story of how fromgrowing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in working class London runningfrom skinheads and her overprotective Mom Gina went on to become the firstfemale engineer with the UK branch of Otis the largest elevator company in theworld where she went through a baptism of fire from her racist and sexistco - workers. Not believing her life was difficult enough she later left engineeringto become a stand up comic appearing on numerous television shows and becomingone of the top comedians in the UK before giving it all up to move to the US a dream shed had since she was six years old watching American kids ontelevision riding cool bicycles and solving crimes. A collection of eccentric addictive and uproarious storiesthat combine family race gender class and country Cack - Handedrevealshow Ginas unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her successfulcareer as an international comedian.
Title: Cack - Handed A Memoir
Author(s): Yashere Gina
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062961723
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/24/2022
Description: The Britishcomedian of Nigerianheritage and co - executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abisholachroniclesher odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively andhumorous memoir. According to family superstition Gina Yashere was born to fulfill the dreamsof her grandmother Patience. The powerful first wife of a wealthy businessman Patience was poisoned by her jealous sister - wives and marked with a spot on herneck. From birth Gina carried a similar birthmarka sign that she was hergrandmothers chosen heir and would fulfill Patiences dreams. Gina wouldlearn to speak perfect English live unfettered by men or children work amans job and travel the world with a free spirit. Is she the reincarnation of her grandmother? Maybe. Ginaisnt ruling anything out. In Cack - Handed she recalls herintergenerational journey to success foretold by her grandmother and fulfilledthousands of miles from home. This hilarious memoir tells the story of how fromgrowing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in working class London runningfrom skinheads and her overprotective Mom Gina went on to become the firstfemale engineer with the UK branch of Otis the largest elevator company in theworld where she went through a baptism of fire from her racist and sexistco - workers. Not believing her life was difficult enough she later left engineeringto become a stand up comic appearing on numerous television shows and becomingone of the top comedians in the UK before giving it all up to move to the US a dream shed had since she was six years old watching American kids ontelevision riding cool bicycles and solving crimes. A collection of eccentric addictive and uproarious storiesthat combine family race gender class and country Cack - Handedrevealshow Ginas unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her successfulcareer as an international comedian.
Title: Cack - Handed A Memoir
Author(s): Yashere Gina
Publisher: Harpercollins
Barcode: 9780062961723
Pages: 320 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 5/24/2022