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This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare

Gabourey Sidibe

Start date: April 1, 2020

Finish date: April 30, 2020

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This Is Just My Face Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe
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This Is Just My Face Try Not to Stare by Gabourey Sidibe

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Nov 07, 2017 Susan Bazzett-Griffith rated it liked it

Shelves: memoirs-biography, humor

Beyond having once seen the movie Precious and having watched the Freak Show season of AHS (the only one I've been able to get through), I knew nothing about Gabourey Sibide. Her life isn't UNinteresting (I very much enjoyed reading about her father's Sengalese culture and how it affected their home life), but in a similar vein to other young actresses' memoirs, I finished this book feeling like she just hasn't reached an age of introspection enough to write a particularly compelling memoir. Her ...more

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Apr 18, 2020 Megan rated it it was amazing

This was an excellent memoir. Gabourey Sidibe writes in a very exuberant, irrepressible style, so it’s a lot of fun, even when she deals with more serious topics like poverty, fat-shaming, depression and eating disorders. She dealt with a lot growing up, and her journey to acting in her break out role, Precious, was wild. I highly recommend this book.

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Jul 28, 2017 Ariel rated it liked it

I'm going to be honest I don't know much about Gabourey before I read this book. I've seen her in precious and on empire but I never knew anything about her as a person before this. I really enjoyed this and I think her story was so interesting and I'm glad I got the chance to read it. ...more

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