{"product_id":"9781543685442","title":"This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Oscar-nominated \u003ci\u003ePrecious\u003c\/i\u003e star and \u003ci\u003eEmpire\u003c\/i\u003e actress delivers a much-awaited memoir - wise, complex, smart, funny - a version of the American experience different from anything we've heard. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGabourey Sidibe - \"Gabby\" to her legion of fans - skyrocketed to international fame in 2009 when she played the leading role in Lee Daniels' acclaimed movie \u003ci\u003ePrecious\u003c\/i\u003e. In \u003ci\u003eThis Is Just My Face\u003c\/i\u003e, she shares a one-of-a-kind life story in a voice as fresh and challenging as many of the unique characters she's played onscreen. With full-throttle honesty, 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 engrossing, inspiring story of her first job as a phone sex \"talker\". And she shares her unconventional (of course!) 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.\" \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSidibe's memoir hits hard with self-knowing dispatches on friendship, depression, celebrity, haters, fashion, race, and weight (\"If I could just get the world to see me the way I see myself,\" she writes, \"would my body still be a thing you walked away thinking about?\"). Irreverent, hilarious, and untraditional, \u003ci\u003eThis Is Just My Face\u003c\/i\u003e will resonate with anyone who has ever felt different and with anyone who has ever felt inspired to make a dream come true. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mandy Starr","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47030521233648,"sku":"9781543685442","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781543685442_p0.jpg?v=1763749158","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781543685442","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}