{"product_id":"leslie-f-cking-jones-a-memoir-9781538766040b","title":"Leslie F*cking Jones: A Memoir","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eWINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR HUMOR\u003cbr\u003eA \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eA BARNES AND NOBLE'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR \u003cbr\u003eA TOWN \u0026amp; COUNTRY BEST CELEBRITY MEMOIR OF 2023\u003cbr\u003eA VULTURE BEST COMEDY BOOK OF 2023\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e2023 Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Best Humor\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a b*tch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy, I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn’t get murdered, what Chris Rock told Lorne Michaels, that time I wanted to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL, and yeah, I’ll tell you all about \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eGhostbusters \u003c\/span\u003eand the nudes and Supermarket Sweep and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe Daily Show\u003c\/span\u003e . . . \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eI’m sharing it all in these pages. It’s not easy being a woman in comedy, especially when you’re a tall-*ss Black woman with a trumpet voice. I have to fight so that no one takes me for granted, and no one takes advantage. These are the stories that explain why. (Cue the\u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003e Law \u0026amp; Order\u003c\/span\u003e theme.)\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42820957044816,"sku":"9781538766040B","price":13.49,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781538766040-l.jpg?v=1785881778","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/leslie-f-cking-jones-a-memoir-9781538766040b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}