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So, I am not a huge memoir reader, and I don't really care about celebrities, so I realize my next statement will be tempered by these limitations, but this is, by far and away, the best celebrity memoir I've ever read, and probably one of the best memoirs I've ever read, period. I was already impressed with Trevor Noah, but I am more so now. And as a USAmerican abroad, I so appreciate that the host of The Daily Show is someone who's not always lived in the US, and can look at it from both the o
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Great book. Powerful ending. My only criticism is that he jumps over a pretty big transition from hustling pirated cds on the corner to touring the country doing stand-up in a single sentence. How’d that happen???
Jan 24, 2018
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Thoroughly enjoyed this and would highly recommend it. It isn't a "celebrity" memoir, in that it isn't remotely about how Noah came to be the host of the Daily Show. Rather, it is about his childhood in South Africa, including thoughtful discussions about race under the hateful system of apartheid, the pernicious and continuing effects of colonialism. Most of all, though, what I will remember most is the way this is a loving tribute to his mother.
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Wow wow wow what an amazing story. Or really stories. Trevor Noah talks about his upbringing in post apartheid South Africa. There’s just so much here — his headstrong mother in a dangerous situation, trying to make a living by selling burned cds, a kid named Hitler. I really enjoyed these stories ad his very insightful commentary. Smart guy that one.
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