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Women comedians -- England -- Biography.
Comedians -- England -- Biography.
Children of immigrants -- England -- Biography.
Nigerians -- England -- Biography.
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Cack-handed : a memoir / Gina Yashere.
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Yashere, Gina, author.
New York : Amistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Subjects
Yashere, Gina.
Women comedians -- England -- Biography.
Comedians -- England -- Biography.
Children of immigrants -- England -- Biography.
Nigerians -- England -- Biography.
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9780062961716 (hardcover) :
0062961713 (hardcover)
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xii, 305 pages ; 24 cm
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First edition.
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The producer and writer of the CBS hit series "I Heart Abishola" tells the story of growing up as the child of Nigerian immigrants in London and her career as a stand-up comic and eventual Hollywood success.
From birth, Yashere carried a birthmark on her neck: a sign to her family that she was her grandmother's chosen heir and would fulfill Patience's dreams of learning to speak perfect English, live unfettered by men or children, work a man's job, and travel the world with a free spirit. Growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in working-class London, she become the first female engineer with the UK branch of Otis, the largest elevator company in the world. Going through a baptism of fire from her racist and sexist coworkers, she eventually left engineering to become one of the top stand-up comics in the UK before moving to the US. Here Yashere reveals how her unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her successful career. -- adapted from jacket
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