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Handbook for an Unpredictable Life
Rosie Perez
How I Survived Sister Renata and My Crazy Mother, and Still Came Out Smiling (with Great Hair)
Crown
March 2014
On Sale: February 25, 2014
Featuring: Rosie Perez
336 pages
ISBN: 0307952398
EAN: 9780307952394
Kindle: B00CNQ2VPQ
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Oscar-nominated actress Rosie Perez’s never-before-told
story of surviving a harrowing childhood and of how she
found success—both in and out of the Hollywood limelight. Rosie Perez first caught our attention with her fierce dance
in the title sequence of Do the Right Thing and has since
defined herself as a funny and talented actress who broke
boundaries for Latinas in the film industry. What most
people would be surprised to learn is that the woman with
the big, effervescent personality has a secret straight out
of a Dickens novel. At the age of three, Rosie’s life was
turned upside down when her mentally ill mother tore her
away from the only family she knew and placed her in a
Catholic children’s home in New York’s Westchester County.
Thus began her crazily discombobulated childhood of being
shuttled between “the Home,” where she and other kids
suffered all manners of cruelty from nuns, and various
relatives’ apartments in Brooklyn. Many in her circumstances would have been defined by these
harrowing experiences, but with the intense determination
that became her trademark, Rosie overcame the odds and made
an incredible life for herself. She brings her journey
vividly to life on each page of this memoir—from the vibrant
streets of Brooklyn to her turbulent years in the Catholic
home, and finally to film and TV sets and the LA and New
York City hip-hop scenes of the 1980s and ‘90s. More than a page-turning read, Handbook for an Unpredictable
Life is a story of survival. By turns heartbreaking and
funny, it is ultimately the inspirational story of a woman
who has found a hard-won place of strength and peace.
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