Rabbit, Patricia Williams
Rabbit, Patricia Williams
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Rabbit
The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

Author: Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber

Narrator: Patricia Williams

Unabridged: 7 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/22/2017

Synopsis

Nominated for an NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literature""An absolute must-read"" – Shondaland“[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor” – New York Times They called her Rabbit.Patricia Williams (aka Ms. Pat) was born and raised in Atlanta at the height of the crack epidemic. One of five children, Pat watched as her mother struggled to get by on charity, cons, and petty crimes. At age seven, Pat was taught to roll drunks for money. At twelve, she was targeted for sex by a man eight years her senior. By thirteen, she was pregnant. By fifteen, Pat was a mother of two. Alone at sixteen, Pat was determined to make a better life for her children. But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education, her options were limited. She learned quickly that hustling and humor were the only tools she had to survive. Rabbit is an unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor. With wisdom and humor, Pat gives us a rare glimpse of what it’s really like to be a black mom in America.

About Patricia Williams

Patricia Williams, the fifth child of an alcoholic single mother, came of age in Atlanta at the height of the crack epidemic. At 12, she had her first boyfriend; by 15 she was a mother of two. Williams wanted to give her children the kind of life she’d always dreamed of, but with no education or job skills her options were slim. Thus began Williams’ lucrative career as a drug dealer. After numerous run-ins with the law and a stint behind bars, Williams decided to turn her life around. She now goes by the stage name Ms. Pat and enjoys a successful career as a comedian. Williams lives in Indianapolis with her husband and three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on February 15, 2018

The best book I’ve read in 2018. Honest, hilarious, vulnerable & tragic. Absolutely beautiful. My full review will be up on my booktube channel at [URL not allowed]......more

Goodreads review by Lauren on September 08, 2018

This is a great "as-told-to" autobiography by a woman who lived a horrific childhood and led a very dysfunctional lifestyle in Atlanta during the 1980s until she met her significant other who influenced her to change. This young lady became a prominent stand-up comic and her story is motivational fo......more

Goodreads review by Eris on July 02, 2017

How do you "review" the story of someone's life? Unlike some memoirs, this is not full of whiny "pity me" diatribes even though the life she lived is full of moments no one should have to experience. She tells her story in a straight-forward way, managing to inject a touch of humor in places where i......more

Goodreads review by Katie on September 23, 2018

I'll admit I did not know anything about Patricia Williams prior to reading this book. However, some of the best memoirs I have read have come from people I was not familiar with beforehand, and I definitely place this book in that category. Her life is full of heartbreaking moments, but yet it stil......more

Goodreads review by SheLovesThePages on July 13, 2020

All the stars for this memoir. I think there are times that we believe we must be so different from other people based on how we grew up. There are very talented people in this world that can make us see our similarities. The beautiful similarities and the low down dirty similarities. Patricia Willi......more

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