![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Sidibe’s memoir hits hard with self-knowing dispatches on friendship, celebrity, weight, haters, fashion, race, and depression (“Sidibe’s heartfelt exploration of insecurity. Sidibe tells engrossing, inspiring stories about her Bed-Stuy/Harlem/Senegalese family life with a polygamous father and a gifted mother who supports her two children by singing in the subway, her first job as a phone sex “talker,” and her Oscar-nominated role in Lee Daniels’s Precious. In This Is Just My Face, Gabourey Sidibe-the “gives-zero-effs queen of Hollywood AND perceptive best friend in your head” (Lena Dunham)-paints her unconventional rise to fame with full-throttle honesty. What she offers of herself in these pages is a gift.”-Roxane Gay Sidibe is fearless, incredibly funny, and gorgeously open. “Gabourey Sidibe’s delightful memoir offers a memorable look into what happens when a black girl’s dreams come true, from the inside out. ![]()
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