{"product_id":"this-is-just-my-face-try-not-to-stare-9781328915801","title":"This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe Oscar-nominated \u003cem\u003ePrecious\u003c\/em\u003e star and \u003cem\u003eEmpire \u003c\/em\u003eactress delivers a riveting memoir that is wise, complex, smart, funny, and breaks the mold, just like Sidibe, herself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eGabourey Sidibe - Gabby to her legion of fans - skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels' acclaimed movie \u003cem\u003ePrecious\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cem\u003eIn This Is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e, she shares a one-of-a-kind life story in a voice as fresh and challenging as many of the unique characters she's played onscreen. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith full-throttle honesty, Sidibe paints her Bed-Stuy\/Harlem family life with a polygamous father and a gifted mother who supports her two children by singing in the subway. Sidibe tells the engrossing, inspiring story of her first job as a phone sex talker. And she shares her unconventional (of course!) rise to fame as a movie star alongside a superstar cast of rich people who lived in mansions and had their own private islands and amazing careers while I lived in my mom's apartment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSidibe's memoir hits hard with self-knowing dispatches on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight (If I could just get the world to see me the way I see myself, she writes, would my body still be a thing you walked away thinking about?). \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIrreverent, hilarious, and untraditional, \u003cem\u003eThis Is Just My Face\u003c\/em\u003e will resonate with anyone who has ever felt different and with anyone who has ever felt inspired to make a dream come true.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-5061055\"\u003eGabourey Sidibe\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mariner Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781328915801\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1328915808\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO005000\"\u003eEntertainment \u0026amp; Performing Arts\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-PER\"\u003ePerforming Arts\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-PER010000\"\u003eTelevision | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGABOUREY SIDIBE is an award-winning actress who is best known for the title role of \u003ci\u003ePrecious\u003c\/i\u003e. She has since starred in \u003ci\u003eAmerican Horror Story: Coven\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDifficult People\u003c\/i\u003e, and as Becky on Fox's smash-hit sensation \u003ci\u003eEmpire, \u003c\/i\u003eand recently made her directorial debut with the short film \u003ci\u003eThe Tale of Four.\u003c\/i\u003e She was born in Brooklyn and raised in Harlem, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42669566132461,"sku":"9781328915801","price":17.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_1f76452a-3eb0-4192-8bfe-60163753bb8b.jpg?v=1649478051","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/this-is-just-my-face-try-not-to-stare-9781328915801","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}