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092    BIO|bYASHERE 
100 1  Yashere, Gina,|eauthor. 
245 10 Cack-handed :|ba memoir /|cGina Yashere. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bAmistad, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
       |c[2021]. 
264  4 |c©2021 
300    xii, 305 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references. 
520    "The British comedian of Nigerian heritage and co-
       executive producer and writer of the CBS hit series Bob 
       Hearts Abishola chronicles her odyssey to get to America 
       and break into Hollywood in this lively and humorous 
       memoir. According to family superstition, Gina Yashere was
       born to fulfill the dreams of her grandmother Patience. 
       The powerful first wife of a wealthy businessman, Patience
       was poisoned by her jealous sister-wives and marked with a
       spot on her neck. From birth, Gina carried a similar 
       birthmark— a sign that she was her grandmother's chosen 
       heir, and would fulfill Patience's dreams. Gina would 
       learn to speak perfect English, live unfettered by men or 
       children, work a man's job, and travel the world with a 
       free spirit. Is she the reincarnation of her grandmother? 
       Maybe. Gina isn't ruling anything out. In Cack-Handed, she
       recalls her intergenerational journey to success foretold 
       by her grandmother and fulfilled thousands of miles from 
       home. This hilarious memoir tells the story of how from 
       growing up as a child of Nigerian immigrants in working 
       class London, running from skinheads, and her 
       overprotective Mom, Gina went on to become the first 
       female engineer with the UK branch of Otis, the largest 
       elevator company in the world, where she went through a 
       baptism of fire from her racist and sexist co-workers. Not
       believing her life was difficult enough, she later left 
       engineering to become a stand up comic, appearing on 
       numerous television shows and becoming one of the top 
       comedians in the UK, before giving it all up to move to 
       the US, a dream she'd had since she was six years old, 
       watching American kids on television, riding cool bicycles,
       and solving crimes. A collection of eccentric, addictive, 
       and uproarious stories that combine family, race, gender, 
       class, and country, Cack-Handed reveals how Gina's 
       unconventional upbringing became the foundation of her 
       successful career as an international comedian." --
       |cDescription provided by publisher. 
600 10 Yashere, Gina. 
650  0 Women comedians|zEngland|vBiography. 
650  0 Comedians|zEngland|vBiography. 
650  0 Children of immigrants|zEngland|vBiography. 
650  0 Mothers and daughters|vBiography. 
650  0 Nigerians|zEngland|vBiography. 
650  0 Actresses|zEngland|vBiography. 
650  0 Television personalities|zEngland|vBiography. 
650  0 Authors, English|vBiography. 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2lcgft