Rabbit : the autobiography of Ms. Pat / Patricia Williams with Jeannine Amber.
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.
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Rabbit : The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
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Table of Contents
Rabbit : The Autobiography of Ms. Pat
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Introduction | p. 1 | |
Chapter 1 | Bear Cat | p. 5 |
Chapter 2 | Hot Lead | p. 13 |
Chapter 3 | Struggling and Scheming | p. 19 |
Chapter 4 | Angel in Leather Boots | p. 31 |
Chapter 5 | Devil in Disguise | p. 37 |
Chapter 6 | First Dance | p. 43 |
Chapter 7 | Love Lesson | p. 51 |
Chapter 8 | Age of Consent | p. 57 |
Chapter 9 | Love and Options | p. 63 |
Chapter 10 | Wife on the Side | p. 69 |
Chapter 11 | It's Time | p. 75 |
Chapter 12 | Baby Formula | p. 83 |
Chapter 13 | Hustlers and the Weak | p. 91 |
Chapter 14 | Night Crawlers | p. 99 |
Chapter 15 | Partners in Crime | p. 105 |
Chapter 16 | Mama on the Block | p. 111 |
Chapter 17 | The Breakup | p. 123 |
Chapter 18 | Aim Higher | p. 133 |
Chapter 19 | Locked Up | p. 143 |
Chapter 20 | Hood Wisdom | p. 153 |
Chapter 21 | Mr. Nice Guy | p. 163 |
Chapter 22 | Four More | p. 173 |
Chapter 23 | Letting Go | p. 181 |
Chapter 24 | Job Readiness | p. 187 |
Chapter 25 | Eight Minus Four | p. 197 |
Chapter 26 | Angels | p. 203 |
Epilogue | p. 215 | |
How this Book Came to be | p. 219 | |
Acknowledgments | p. 223 |