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Cack-Handed: A Memoir

Cack-Handed: A Memoir

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  • Create Date：2021-06-10 11:31:05
  • Update Date：2025-09-06
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  • Author：Gina Yashere
  • ISBN：0062961713
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Reviews

Kristine ，

Cack-Handed by Gina Yashere is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early June。Chaptered with friggin' awesome parables， this book is about Yashere's ancestry into Nigeria， being discriminated against during child and adulthood， yet also being disciplined， protected， and filtering through the best music and tv that England & the US has to offer， working and finding herself during her teens and twenties， diving deep into black LGBTQ culture， performance， and comedy， and traveling around the worl Cack-Handed by Gina Yashere is a free NetGalley ebook that I read in early June。Chaptered with friggin' awesome parables， this book is about Yashere's ancestry into Nigeria， being discriminated against during child and adulthood， yet also being disciplined， protected， and filtering through the best music and tv that England & the US has to offer， working and finding herself during her teens and twenties， diving deep into black LGBTQ culture， performance， and comedy， and traveling around the world。 。。。more

Julie H。 ，

Gina Yashere's Cack-Handed: A Memoir is a mostly-hilarious and stealthily serious read。 It's part stand-up routine but also a sober commentary for up and comers on the structural racism and sexism of the world in general and in particular as developed here， in the entertainment world--esp。 as relates to a willbe actor and standup comic （trust me， there is no would be about Ms。 Yashere）。 I won an uncorrected proof of this book as a Firstreads giveaway and would like to note to the publisher that Gina Yashere's Cack-Handed: A Memoir is a mostly-hilarious and stealthily serious read。 It's part stand-up routine but also a sober commentary for up and comers on the structural racism and sexism of the world in general and in particular as developed here， in the entertainment world--esp。 as relates to a willbe actor and standup comic （trust me， there is no would be about Ms。 Yashere）。 I won an uncorrected proof of this book as a Firstreads giveaway and would like to note to the publisher that in trawling through the daily list of giveaways， it was the title that first caught my attention。 Then， I recalled that I'd seen Gina on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah where she'd killed。 The book arrived within a day or two of my notification （h/t HarperCollins！） and was a superfast and highly enjoyable read。If your Mom is cool， might I recommend that you get her this book for Mother's Day？ She'll love Gina's Mom， possibly even finding a little of herself in there， particularly if she sacrificed for you and your siblings and placed enormous expectations on you。 Of course， you'll want to read it yourself， first， so that when Mom starts citing some of the random lines at you you'll get the jokes。 Now if you'll excuse me， I need to go get caught up on her appearance in Season 2 of The Standups on Netflix。Bottom line: funny， timely， and informative book。 Read it。 。。。more