2022 ONTD Reading Challenge discussion

Gabourey Sidibe—“Gabby” to her legion of fans—skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels acclaimed movie Precious. In This is Just My Face, she shares a one-of-a-kind life story. 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 story of her first job as a phone sex “talker.” And she shares her unconventional 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.”

This isn't the book that I had planned on reading for this month but this is the hold that came in first at the library and I figured it fits the challenge so what the hell why not include it.

I will straight up admit that I already liked her a lot before reading this but I'm enjoying this book a lot so far. I like her writing style. I like that this is all her and not with someone else. It's very conversational and I find her stories pretty interesting.

this makes me want to read it too!!!