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Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-
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Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- -- Anecdotes.
Women comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Stand-up comedy -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
Television actors and actresses, Black -- United States -- Biography
Children of mentally ill mothers -- Biography.
Foster home care -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
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Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-
Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-
Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- -- Anecdotes.
Women comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Stand-up comedy -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
Television actors and actresses, Black -- United States -- Biography
Children of mentally ill mothers -- Biography.
Foster home care -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
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The last black unicorn / Tiffany Haddish.
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Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-
Gallery Books, 2017.
Call #:
792
.76028
H126L
Subjects
Haddish, Tiffany, 1979-
Haddish, Tiffany, 1979- -- Anecdotes.
Women comedians, Black -- United States -- Biography.
Stand-up comedy -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
Television actors and actresses, Black -- United States -- Biography
Children of mentally ill mothers -- Biography.
Foster home care -- California -- Los Angeles -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781501181825 (hc.)
Edition:
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Description:
278 pages ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Invitation -- Mascots and Bar Mitzvahs: high school years -- Laugh Factory Comedy Camp -- Family and foster care -- Titus the boyfriend -- The pimp gets pimped -- Roscoe the handicapped angel -- How I got (restarted) in comedy -- Dating -- The ex-husband -- The long road to comedy success -- Tiffany's true Hollywood stories -- She ready.
Summary:
"From stand-up comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish comes a hilarious, edgy, and heart-wrenching collection of autobiographical essays that will leave you laughing through tears. Tiffany Haddish grew up in one of the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles. Her mother wound up with a debilitating brain injury after surviving a car accident. Tiffany never fit in anywhere: not in the households she rotated through in the foster care system, and certainly not the nearly all white high school she had to ride the bus an hour to attend. As an illiterate ninth grader, Tiffany did everything she could to survive. After a multitude of jobs, she finally realized that she had talent in an area she never would have suspected: comedy. Tiffany faced the 'routine' hindrances of climbing the entertainment business ladder, but had the added obstacles of sex, race, and class in her way. But she got there. She still cleans the toilet the way she was shown by a foster mom who worked as a maid, and she still rolls her joints the way one of her foster dads taught her. Tiffany can't avoid being funny: it's just who she is. But this is so much more than a side-splittingly hilarious collection of essays - it's a memoir of the struggles of one woman who came from nothing and nowhere. A woman who was able to achieve her dreams by reveling in her pain and awkwardness, showing the world who she really is, and inspiring others through the power of laughter"--Provided by publisher.
"Tiffany Haddish was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Her father, Tsihaye Reda Haddish, was a refugee from Eritrea. Her mother, Leola, was an African-American small business owner.. After Haddish's father left when she was three years old, her mother remarried. Haddish's stepfather tampered with the brakes on her mother’s car, leading to an accident in which Leola suffered severe brain damage. The brain damage possibly triggered Leola's schizophrenia. Tiffany, then aged nine and the oldest of her five siblings, became the primary caregiver for her family. After guest starring on several television series, Haddish gained prominence as Jackie on the first season of the OWN television drama If Loving You Is Wrong from 2014 to 2015. From 2015 to 2017, she starred as Nekeisha Williams on the NBC sitcom The Carmichael Show. After appearing in the 2016 comedy film Keanu, Haddish made her film breakthrough as Dina in the 2017 film Girls Trip, for which she received critical acclaim"--From wikipedia.org website.
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