{"product_id":"9780062407306","title":"Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat","description":"\u003cp\u003eA remarkably bold and inspiring story of crime, motherhood and redemption—not since Cupcake Brown’s \u003cem\u003eA Piece of Cake\u003c\/em\u003e has there been a memoir this unforgettable.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eYou want to know about the struggle of growing up poor, black, and female? Ask any girl from any hood. You want to know what it takes to rise above your circumstances when all the cards are stacked against you? Ask me.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComedian Patricia Williams, who for years went by her street-name “Rabbit,” was born and raised in Atlanta’s most troubled neighborhood at the height of the crack epidemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of five children, Pat watched as her alcoholic mother struggled to get by on charity, cons and petty crimes. At seven Pat was taught to roll drunks for money. At twelve, she was targeted for sex by a man eight years her senior; by thirteen she was pregnant. By fifteen, Pat was a mother of two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlone at sixteen, Pat was determined to make a better life for her children. But with no job skills and an eighth-grade education, her options were limited. She learned quickly that hustling and humor were the only tools she had to survive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eRabbit\u003c\/em\u003e is an unflinching memoir of cinematic scope and unexpected humor that offers a rare glimpse into the harrowing reality of life on America’s margins, resilience, determination, and the transformative power of love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47013796249840,"sku":"9780062407306","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780062407306_p0.jpg?v=1763631087","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780062407306","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}