It's Trevor Noah: Born a Crime
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“A piercing reminder that every mad life--even yours--could end up a masterpiece." --JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling author
We do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. . . . We don’t see them as people.
Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government.
In a country where racism barred blacks from social, educational, and economic opportunity, Trevor surmounted staggering obstacles and created a promising future for himself thanks to his mom’s unwavering love and indomitable will.
This honest and poignant memoir adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood will astound and inspire readers as well as offer a fascinating perspective on South Africa’s tumultuous racial history.
BORN A CRIME IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING OSCAR WINNER LUPITA NYONG'O!
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I‘ve never been happier that a book was done. Really. I despised every second of it. I get it. The topic is really important. And I don’t accept racism in ANY way. But this book… I hated the execution of the message it tried to send. And the end? Okay, well it was a miracle, his mother made it. Why so ever. But I couldn’t help but not care. I really didn’t. I‘m so sorry. But I secretly hoped that she’d die, so there was anything in this book that was in some way realistic. Like I said, I get the importance of this book. And his life was a mess. And I feel really sorry for him. And I would’ve felt sorry for him if his mother died. But at so so many points in that book I just hat the feeling I was reading a novella and that it es literally fiction. I really DIDNT enjoy my time reading this.
Description
“A piercing reminder that every mad life--even yours--could end up a masterpiece." --JASON REYNOLDS, New York Times bestselling author
We do horrible things to one another because we don’t see the person it affects. . . . We don’t see them as people.
Trevor Noah, host of The Daily Show on Comedy Central, shares his remarkable story of growing up in South Africa with a black South African mother and a white European father at a time when it was against the law for a mixed-race child to exist. But he did exist--and from the beginning, the often-misbehaved Trevor used his keen smarts and humor to navigate a harsh life under a racist government.
In a country where racism barred blacks from social, educational, and economic opportunity, Trevor surmounted staggering obstacles and created a promising future for himself thanks to his mom’s unwavering love and indomitable will.
This honest and poignant memoir adapted from the #1 New York Times bestseller Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood will astound and inspire readers as well as offer a fascinating perspective on South Africa’s tumultuous racial history.
BORN A CRIME IS SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING OSCAR WINNER LUPITA NYONG'O!
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Posts
I‘ve never been happier that a book was done. Really. I despised every second of it. I get it. The topic is really important. And I don’t accept racism in ANY way. But this book… I hated the execution of the message it tried to send. And the end? Okay, well it was a miracle, his mother made it. Why so ever. But I couldn’t help but not care. I really didn’t. I‘m so sorry. But I secretly hoped that she’d die, so there was anything in this book that was in some way realistic. Like I said, I get the importance of this book. And his life was a mess. And I feel really sorry for him. And I would’ve felt sorry for him if his mother died. But at so so many points in that book I just hat the feeling I was reading a novella and that it es literally fiction. I really DIDNT enjoy my time reading this.