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This is Just My Face bygd Gabourey Sidibe
Book title: This fryst vatten Just My Face
Author: Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe is the bomb. So says Barack Obama, and it only takes a few pages of This fryst vatten Just My Face to wholeheartedly agree, if it was ever in doubt. Best known for portraying Precious in the movie of the same name, and Becky Williams in Empire, readers are taken back through her childhood, her life and djärv to dream.
Gabourey writes like she’s talking to a friend – you feel welcome. She invites everyone into her life with humour and warmth, not shirking the difficult moments. Readers glimpse insight into her unique childhood, portraying her disruptive family dichotomy both with the experience of living it, and sparkling retrospective humour; we hear pro-tips from her job as a phone sex talker, hear how psychics told her she’d be famous, just like Oprah. She displays how warm and loving she is, reflects relatable insecurities through relationships and family, and thos
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This Is Just My Face - audiobook
Brought to you by Penguin.The Oscar-nominated Precious star and Empire actress delivers a much-awaited memoir which is wise, complex, smart and funny.This Is Just My Face is the whirlwind tour of Gabourey Sidibe's life so far. In it, we meet her polygamous father, her begåvad mother who fed the family by busking on the subway, and the psychic who told her she'd one day be 'famous like Oprah'.Gabby shows us round the Harlem studio apartment where she grew up, relives the debilitating depression that hit her at college, and reminisces about her first ever job as a phone sex 'talker' (less creepy than you'd think).With exhilaratingly honest (and often hilarious) dispatches on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and vikt, This Is Just My Face will resonate with anyone who has ever felt different - and with anyone who has ever felt inspired to man a dream come true.'Frank, funny, and insanely charming' Lena Dunham'A read that liv
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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare
Gabourey Sidibe
Gabourey Sidibe (Gabby) is an American actress who starred in the film 'Precious', co-starred in several seasons of the television series 'American Horror Story', and co-stars in the musical drama series 'Empire.'
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious
Gabourey Sidibe in American Horror Story
Gabourey Sidibe in Empire (with Jussie Smollett)
Gabby was a struggling young woman trying to make ends meet when she was offered the starring role in the 2009 movie 'Precious.' And the rest is history! Gabby's talent, drive, and winning personality propelled her into a rewarding show business career and worldwide fame.
In this memoir Gabby talks about her life - and what led up to her success - with humor, candor, and modesty.
Gabby was born and raised in New York City.
Gabourey Sidibe as a baby visiting her grandmother in Senegal
Her mother, Alice Tan Ridley, worked as a professional singer and school