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Cack-Handed - A Memoir (Hardcover)
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Cack-Handed - A Memoir (Hardcover)
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The British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-executive producer
and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles her
odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively
and humorous memoir. According to family superstition, Gina Yashere
was born to fulfil the dreams of her grandmother Patience. The
powerful first wife of a wealthy businessman, Patience was poisoned
by her jealous sister-wives and marked with a spot on her neck.
From birth, Gina carried a similar birthmark - a sign that she was
her grandmother's chosen heir, and would fulfil Patience's dreams.
Gina would learn to speak perfect English, live unfettered by men
or children, work a man's job, and travel the world with a free
spirit. Is she the reincarnation of her grandmother? Maybe. Gina
isn't ruling anything out. In Cack-Handed, she recalls her
intergenerational journey to success foretold by her grandmother
and fulfilled thousands of miles from home. This hilarious memoir
tells the story of how from growing up as a child of Nigerian
immigrants in working class London, running from skinheads, and her
overprotective mum, Gina went on to become the first female
engineer with the UK branch of Otis, the largest elevator company
in the world, where she went through a baptism of fire from her
racist and sexist co-workers. Not believing her life was difficult
enough, she later left engineering to become a stand up comic,
appearing on numerous television shows and becoming one of the top
comedians in the UK, before giving it all up to move to the US, a
dream she'd had since she was six years old, watching American kids
on television, riding cool bicycles, and solving crimes. A
collection of eccentric, addictive, and uproarious stories that
combine family, race, gender, class, and country, Cack-Handed
reveals how Gina's unconventional upbringing became the foundation
of her successful career as an international comedian.
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