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Williams, Patricia (Comedian)
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Williams, Patricia (Comedian)
Women comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- United States -- Biography.
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.
Teenage mothers, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Poor blacks -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Women drug dealers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Women prisoners, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Biography.
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Williams, Patricia (Comedian)
Williams, Patricia (Comedian)
Women comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- United States -- Biography.
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.
Teenage mothers, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Poor blacks -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Women drug dealers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Women prisoners, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Biography.
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Rabbit : the autobiography of
Ms
.
Pat
/ Patricia Williams with Jeannine Amber.
by
Williams, Patricia (Comedian)
Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, 2017.
Call #:
792.76028 W726r
Subjects
Williams, Patricia (Comedian)
Women comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Women, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Children of single parents -- United States -- Biography.
Adult child sexual abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.
Teenage mothers, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Poor blacks -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Women drug dealers -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Women prisoners, Black -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- Biography.
Atlanta (Ga.) -- Biography.
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ISBN:
9780062407306 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
viii, 227 pages ; 24 cm
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:
"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. An unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor.
Pat
gives us a rare glimpse of what it's really like to be a black mom in America. Patricia "
Ms
.
Pat
" Williams is a stand-up comedian and actress, living in Indiannapolis.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Other authors:
Amber, Jeannine.
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