![]() ![]() She recounts her life with brutal honesty, even when it makes her look bad. Not only did she survive a rough childhood, she endured an abusive marriage. As a former foster parent myself, I was curious to learn more about her journey from foster care to successful stand-up comedian and actress.Tiffany had a hard life. I wanted to read it because I saw Tiffany on a talk show telling the host about how she was a former foster child. The Last Black Unicorn is Tiffany Haddish’s memoir. Tiffany can’t avoid being funny-it’s just who she is. None of that worked (and she’s still single), but it allowed Tiffany to imagine a place for herself where she could do something she loved for a living: comedy. Or at least she could make enough money-as the paid school mascot and in-demand Bar Mitzvah hype woman-to get her hair and nails done, so then she might get a boyfriend. ![]() ![]() If she could do that, then her classmates would let her copy their homework, the other foster kids she lived with wouldn’t beat her up, and she might even get a boyfriend. Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh. “An inspiring story that manages to be painful, honest, shocking, bawdy and hilarious.” -The New York Times Book Reviewįrom stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself. ![]()
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