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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
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About this book
Gabourey Sidibe--"Gabby" to her legion of fans--skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels acclaimed movie Precious. In This is Just My Face, she shares a one-of-a-kind life story. Sidibe paints her Bed-Stuy/Harlem family life with a polygamous father and a gifted mother who supports her two children by singing in the subway. Sidibe tells the story of her first job as a phone sex "talker." And she shares her unconventional rise to fame as a movie star, alongside "a superstar cast of rich people who lived in mansions and had their own private islands and amazing careers while I lived in my mom's apartment."
Book Details
| ISBN13 | 9780544786769 |
|---|---|
| ISBN10 | 0544786769 |
| Series/Work | OL20053694W View on OpenLibrary |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
| Language | ENG |
| Created At | January 30, 2025 |
| Updated At | January 30, 2025 |
| Last OL update | January 18, 2025 |
Subjects
Actors
Actors, biography
Actors, united states
Actresses
African american actors
African American actors
African American actresses
African american motion picture actors and actresses
African american women
African American women
Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
Entertainment & Performing Arts
Essays
HUMOR
Motion picture actors and actresses, united states
PERFORMING ARTS
Television
Television actors and actresses
Women
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