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An eye-opening look into post-Apartheid South Africa, told with humor and heart. Technically this is a celebrity memoir since Trevor Noah is a celebrity on the Daily Show, but it's well-written and interesting and looks exclusively at Noah's childhood and teenagerhood, before he was really a celebrity. Born during Apartheid, Trevor was literally "born a crime" since it was a crime for a black person and a white person to be together and have a child. He speaks about race, poverty, and family tro
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Lately, I've been reading a lot of books that shake my little bubble-worldview and make me realize, there's so much I don't know, and apartheid is one of those topics. Aside from being able to identify Nelson Mandela, half-reading "Cry the Beloved Country" in high school, the 80s song "Sun City", and a Disney channel movie called "The Color of Friendship", I realized I know very little about South Africa and apartheid. While this book isn't non-ficti ...more
Lately, I've been reading a lot of books that shake my little bubble-worldview and make me realize, there's so much I don't know, and apartheid is one of those topics. Aside from being able to identify Nelson Mandela, half-reading "Cry the Beloved Country" in high school, the 80s song "Sun City", and a Disney channel movie called "The Color of Friendship", I realized I know very little about South Africa and apartheid. While this book isn't non-ficti ...more
BOOK RIOT READ HARDER CHALLENGE 2018 - fulfills #12: A celebrity memoir
This was the February pick for my book club. I enjoyed reading about Trevor Noah's experiences growing up in South Africa. It was also interesting to me that I read this one right after I finished Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, which was about individuals living in poverty in the slums of Mumbai, India. There is a lot to compare and contrast between these two books. Both tell of a segment of society living in ...more
This was the February pick for my book club. I enjoyed reading about Trevor Noah's experiences growing up in South Africa. It was also interesting to me that I read this one right after I finished Katherine Boo's Behind the Beautiful Forevers, which was about individuals living in poverty in the slums of Mumbai, India. There is a lot to compare and contrast between these two books. Both tell of a segment of society living in ...more
What a crazy life he has led and how different it is now! Interesting glimpse into a country and culture I know nothing about. It skips around a bit time wise which is a tad confusing, and it's not a very humorous story (only occasionally), but fascinating. I need a part 2 to learn how he left South Africa!
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I listened to this on audio, and I think that's definitely the way to go. Starts off very funny, but gets into serious issues (in a great way) of life in South Africa.
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Mar 13, 2018
Journeywoman
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This was a phenomenal book. This was even better on audio due to the author's nuanced narration. My only issue is that once we met some of these people in Trevor's life, I wanted to find out what happened to them and he never went back to them. I hope that means he plans another book because it would be superb.
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Highly recommend the audiobook!
Feb 22, 2017
Elizabeth Hull-Morales
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Mar 01, 2017
Heather
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Jul 18, 2017
Michelle
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it was amazing
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Aug 11, 2017
Marissa
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Colleen
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Jul 19, 2018
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