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Yashere, Gina.
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Yashere, Gina.
Yashere, Gina.
Women comedians -- Biography.
Women comedians, Black -- England -- Biography.
Women comedians -- England -- Biography.
Comedians, Black -- England -- Biography.
Comedians -- England -- Biography.
Children of immigrants -- England -- Biography.
Mothers and daughters -- Biography.
Nigerians -- England -- Biography.
Actors and actresses, Black -- England -- Biography.
Actors and actresses -- England -- Biography.
Television personalities, Black -- England -- Biography.
Television personalities -- England -- Biography.
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Cack-handed : a memoir / Gina Yashere.
by
Yashere, Gina.
Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2021.
Call #:
792.7028092 Y26c
Subjects
Yashere, Gina.
Women comedians
--
Biography
.
Women comedians, Black
--
England
--
Biography
.
Women comedians
--
England
--
Biography
.
Comedians, Black
--
England
--
Biography
.
Comedians
--
England
--
Biography
.
Children
of
immigrants
--
England
--
Biography
.
Mothers and daughters
--
Biography
.
Nigerians
--
England
--
Biography
.
Actors and actresses, Black
--
England
--
Biography
.
Actors and actresses
--
England
--
Biography
.
Television personalities, Black
--
England
--
Biography
.
Television personalities
--
England
--
Biography
.
ISBN:
9780062961716 (hc)
9780008486976 (hc: UK)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xii, 305 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:
"The British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles her odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively and humorous memoir. According to family superstition, Gina Yashere was born to fulfill the dreams of 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 her neck. From birth, Gina carried a similar birthmark
--
a sign that she was her grandmother’s chosen heir, and would fulfill Patience’s dreams. Gina would learn to speak perfect English, live unfettered by men or
children
, work a man’s job, and travel the world with a free spirit. Is she the reincarnation of her grandmother? Maybe. Gina isn’t ruling anything out. In Cack-Handed, she recalls her intergenerational journey to success foretold by her grandmother and fulfilled thousands of miles from home. This hilarious memoir tells the story of how from growing up as a child of Nigerian
immigrants
in working class London, running from skinheads, and her overprotective Mom, Gina went on to become the first female engineer with the UK branch of Otis, the largest elevator company in the world, where she went through a baptism of fire from her racist and sexist co-workers. Not believing her life was difficult enough, she later left engineering to become a stand up comic, appearing on numerous television shows and becoming one of the top comedians in the UK, before giving it all up to move to the US, a dream she’d had since she was six years old, watching American kids on television, riding cool bicycles, and solving crimes. A collection of eccentric, addictive, and uproarious stories that combine family, race, gender, class, and country, Cack-Handed reveals how Gina’s unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her successful career as an international comedian."--Publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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Adult Black Nonfiction
792.7028092 Y26c
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