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Rabbit : the autobiography of Ms. Pat / Patricia Williams with Jeannine Amber.

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A remarkably bold and inspiring story of crime, motherhood, and redemption, not since Cupcake Brown's A Piece of Cake has there been a memoir this unforgettable. You want to know about the struggle of growing up poor, black, and female? Ask any girl from any 'hood. You want to know what it takes to rise above your circumstances when all the cards are stacked against you? Ask me. Comedian Patricia Williams, who for years went by her street name "Rabbit", was born and raised in Atlanta's most troubled neighborhood at the height of the crack epidemic. One of five children, Pat watched as her alcoholic 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. Rabbit is an unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor that offers a rare glimpse into the harrowing reality of life on America's margins, a powerful true story of resilience, determination, and the transformative power of love.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0062407309
  • ISBN: 9780062407306
  • Physical Description: 227 pages ; 23 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Dey Street Books, 2017.
Subject: Williams, Patricia.
African American women comedians > Biography.
African American women > Georgia > Atlanta > Biography.
Atlanta (Ga.) > Biography.

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  • 6 of 6 copies available at Missouri Evergreen.
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Rabbit : The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
Rabbit : The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
by Williams, Patricia; Amber, Jeannine
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Table of Contents

Rabbit : The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

SectionSection DescriptionPage Number
Introductionp. 1
Chapter 1Bear Catp. 5
Chapter 2Hot Leadp. 13
Chapter 3Struggling and Schemingp. 19
Chapter 4Angel in Leather Bootsp. 31
Chapter 5Devil in Disguisep. 37
Chapter 6First Dancep. 43
Chapter 7Love Lessonp. 51
Chapter 8Age of Consentp. 57
Chapter 9Love and Optionsp. 63
Chapter 10Wife on the Sidep. 69
Chapter 11It's Timep. 75
Chapter 12Baby Formulap. 83
Chapter 13Hustlers and the Weakp. 91
Chapter 14Night Crawlersp. 99
Chapter 15Partners in Crimep. 105
Chapter 16Mama on the Blockp. 111
Chapter 17The Breakupp. 123
Chapter 18Aim Higherp. 133
Chapter 19Locked Upp. 143
Chapter 20Hood Wisdomp. 153
Chapter 21Mr. Nice Guyp. 163
Chapter 22Four Morep. 173
Chapter 23Letting Gop. 181
Chapter 24Job Readinessp. 187
Chapter 25Eight Minus Fourp. 197
Chapter 26Angelsp. 203
Epiloguep. 215
How this Book Came to bep. 219
Acknowledgmentsp. 223

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