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Also by Rosie Perez:

Handbook for an Unpredictable Life, March 2014
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HANDBOOK FOR AN UNPREDICTABLE LIFE
By: 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.

Media Buzz

Morning Edition - October 15, 2014
Steve Harvey - March 12, 2014
Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson - March 6, 2014
Tell Me More - February 24, 2014