{"product_id":"cack-handed-book-gina-yashere-9780062961723","title":"Cack-Handed","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe British\u003cbr\u003e comedian of Nigerian\u003cbr\u003e heritage and co-executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob Hearts Abishola chronicles\u003cbr\u003e her odyssey to get to America and break into Hollywood in this lively and\u003cbr\u003e humorous memoir.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e According to family superstition, Gina Yashere was born to fulfill the dreams\u003cbr\u003e of her grandmother Patience. The powerful first wife of a wealthy businessman,\u003cbr\u003e Patience was poisoned by her jealous sister-wives and marked with a spot on her\u003cbr\u003e neck. From birth, Gina carried a similar birthmark--a sign that she was her\u003cbr\u003e grandmother's chosen heir, and would fulfill Patience's dreams. Gina would\u003cbr\u003e learn to speak perfect English, live unfettered by men or children, work a\u003cbr\u003e man's job, and travel the world with a free spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIs she the reincarnation of her grandmother? Maybe. Gina\u003cbr\u003e isn't ruling anything out. In Cack-Handed, she recalls her\u003cbr\u003e intergenerational journey to success foretold by her grandmother and fulfilled\u003cbr\u003e thousands of miles from home. This hilarious memoir tells the story of how from\u003cbr\u003e growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in working class London, running\u003cbr\u003e from skinheads, and her overprotective Mom, Gina went on to become the first\u003cbr\u003e female engineer with the UK branch of Otis, the largest elevator company in the\u003cbr\u003e world, where she went through a baptism of fire from her racist and sexist\u003cbr\u003e co-workers. Not believing her life was difficult enough, she later left engineering\u003cbr\u003e to become a stand up comic, appearing on numerous television shows and becoming\u003cbr\u003e one of the top comedians in the UK, before giving it all up to move to the US,\u003cbr\u003e a dream she'd had since she was six years old, watching American kids on\u003cbr\u003e television, riding cool bicycles, and solving crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eA collection of eccentric, addictive, and uproarious stories\u003cbr\u003e that combine family, race, gender, class, and country, Cack-Handed reveals\u003cbr\u003e how Gina's unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her successful\u003cbr\u003e career as an international comedian. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49609259581713,"sku":"GOR013496940","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343314227473,"sku":"CIN0062961721G","price":4.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50343321927953,"sku":"CIN0062961721VG","price":4.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0062961721.jpg?v=1750778717","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/cack-handed-book-gina-yashere-9780062961723","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}