{"product_id":"this-is-just-my-face-try-not-to-stare-isbn-9781328915801","title":"This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oscar-nominated \u003cem\u003ePrecious\u003c\/em\u003e star and \u003cem\u003eEmpire \u003c\/em\u003eactress delivers a riveting memoir that is wise, complex, smart, funny, and breaks the mold, just like Sidibe, herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eGabourey Sidibe - \"Gabby\" to her legion of fans - skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels' acclaimed movie \u003cem\u003ePrecious\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eIn This Is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e, she shares a one-of-a-kind life story in a voice as fresh and challenging as many of the unique characters she's played onscreen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith full-throttle honesty, 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 engrossing, inspiring story of her first job as a phone sex \"talker\". And she shares her unconventional (of course!) 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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSidibe's memoir hits hard with self-knowing dispatches on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight (\"If I could just get the world to see me the way I see myself,\" she writes, \"would my body still be a thing you walked away thinking about?\"). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrreverent, hilarious, and untraditional, \u003cem\u003eThis Is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e will resonate with anyone who has ever felt different and with anyone who has ever felt inspired to make a dream come true. | \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne of\u003cem\u003e Glamour\u003c\/em\u003e's\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\"Best Books to Read in 2017\"  One of \u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e's “Most Anticipated Books for 2017\" and \"Best Books to Read in May\"  One of \u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e's \"22 Super-Revealing Celeb Memoirs to Read Right Now\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eHollywood Reporter\u003c\/em\u003e's “27 Books to Watch For in 2017\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eOne of \u003cem\u003eElite Daily\u003c\/em\u003e's “5 Celebs About to Light up the Red Carpet and Release Books in 2017”  One of \u003cem\u003eBustle\u003c\/em\u003e's \"20 Best Non-Fiction Books Coming in May 2017\" \u003c\/strong\u003e   \"This memoir [is] a book you will want to give your daughter.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Sidibe’s hilarious Twitter account is no fluke—the \u003cem\u003eEmpire\u003c\/em\u003e actress’ memoir about growing up in New York City and finding unexpected fame in Hollywood is sharp, witty, and wonderfully substantive.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"A read that lives up to the unforgettable attitude of its name...\u003cem\u003eThis is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e will make you fall in love with this funny, talented, gorgeous, bad bitch of a woman.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"A mix of complexity, intelligence and humor, Gabby's book promises to be as big a success as her acting.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePeople\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Her talent to entertain...is evident on every page...Genuine and accessible...[Sidibe] has so much material from her childhood and adolescence that she might have been able to sell a memoir \u003cem\u003ebefore\u003c\/em\u003e she landed her first movie role...\u003cem\u003eThis Is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e doesn’t capture just Sidibe that celebrity, but Sidibe the storyteller.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Funny and revealing.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Gabourey Sidibe's memoir isn't your average celebrity memoir. It's good. Really good. And not just because it's revealing (although that it is), but because it's well-written... Observant and funny, but not indulgent or try-hard.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/em\u003e Online\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"Gabby hilariously, radically, and fearlessly holds nothing back in \u003cem\u003eThis Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare\u003c\/em\u003e. And we love her for it.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—HelloGiggles, \"7 Celebrity Memoirs We Can't Wait to Read This Year\"\u003c\/strong\u003e   “A funny, smart memoir.” \u003cstrong\u003e—\u003cem\u003eNylon\u003c\/em\u003e, \"50 Books We Can’t Wait To Read In 2017\"\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Unflinchingly honest.”\u003cstrong\u003e —Bustle, \"9 Books By Celebrity Women Being Released in 2017 To Add To Your TBR\"\u003c\/strong\u003e   “Gabourey Sidibe has a knack for speaking her mind in ways both touching and hilarious.” \u003cstrong\u003e—Cosmopolitan, \"10 Books You Need to Read in 2017\"\u003c\/strong\u003e   \"[Sidibe] delivers a much-awaited memoir—wise, complex, smart, funny—a version of the American experience different from anything we’ve read... Irreverent, hilarious, and untraditional, \u003cem\u003eThis Is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e takes its place and fills a void on the shelf of writers from Mindy Kaling to David Sedaris to Lena Dunham.\" \u003cstrong\u003e—BookBub\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003e“You’re the BOMB, girl!”—President Barack Obama\u003c\/strong\u003e     “Gabourey Sidibe’s delightful memoir \u003cem\u003eThis Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare\u003c\/em\u003e offers a memorable look into what happens when a black girl’s dreams come true, from the inside out. From her unique childhood as the daughter of a subway singer mother and polygamous father to struggling with depression to getting the role of Precious, Sidibe is fearless, incredibly funny and gorgeously open. What she offers of herself in these pages is a gift.”—\u003cstrong\u003eRoxane Gay\u003c\/strong\u003e     \"Here, Gabourey Sidibe cements her status as gives-zero-effs queen of Hollywood AND perceptive best friend in your head. Frank, funny, and insanely charming, these stories reveal the girl behind the gown and show Hollywood for what it really is: a wet t-shirt contest of an industry that sometimes redeems itself by picking the right star. Gabby is that star, and you'll root for her on every page--we are blessed by her honesty, passion and wit.”—\u003cstrong\u003eLena Dunham\u003c\/strong\u003e     “’I just wrote the truth, and it made me feel better.’ That is the theme of this unique and universal book by a young woman who is both a total surprise and an instant classic.  Gabby combines New York and Senegal, the streets and the heights, bravery and self-doubt, laughing and seriousness.  Her truth helps us to find ours—and what could be a bigger gift than that?”—\u003cstrong\u003eGloria Steinem\u003c\/strong\u003e     “To know Gabby is to love Gabby. To read her book is to love her even more. It is bold, brave, on-your-front-foot writing. Her story inspires you to step up and own your life with a compassion and confidence so potent that it will break down any door.”—\u003cstrong\u003eLaura Linney\u003c\/strong\u003e     “I always knew Gabby was magic.”\u003cstrong\u003e—Johnetta Elzie\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890287046885,"sku":"NP9781328915801","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781328915801.jpg?v=1730232947","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/this-is-just-my-face-try-not-to-stare-isbn-9781328915801","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}