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Patricia Williams’ memoir, "Rabbit", chronicles her life from childhood in Atlanta’s crack‑infested neighborhoods to her emergence as a prominent stand‑up comic. As one of five children, she witnessed her alcoholic mother survive through charity, cons, and petty crime. Early experiences—rolling drunks for money at age seven, being targeted for sex at twelve, and becoming a teenage mother at thirteen—shaped her resilience. By fifteen she had two children and, at sixteen, she resolved to create a different future for them, using the only tools she knew: hustling and humor. The book offers an unflinching look at survival on America’s margins and celebrates the transformative power of love, determination, and comedy.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Memoir/Personal Memoir
Authors: Patricia Williams
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