Patricia Williams, the fifth child of an alcoholic single mother,
came of age in Atlanta at the height of the crack epidemic. At 12,
she had her first boyfriend; by 15 she was a mother of two.
Williams wanted to give her children the kind of life she'd always
dreamed of, but with no education or job skills her options were
slim. Thus began Williams' lucrative career as a drug dealer. After
numerous run-ins with the law and a stint behind bars, Williams
decided to turn her life around. She now goes by the stage name Ms.
Pat and enjoys a successful career as a comedian. Williams lives in
Indianapolis with her husband and three children.
Award-winning journalist Jeannine Amber lives in Brooklyn with her
daughter, Niko.
"Rabbit tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous
humor in unexpected places." -- New York Times"Unforgiving and
darkly hilarious." -- Washington Post"Rabbit feels like you are
sitting in Williams' living room, listening to her tell story after
story over a cup of coffee. Somehow she's managed to pull hilarity
out of heartache. And when you are done laughing, you rejoice, her
final words ringing in your ears." -- USA Today"This is, in short,
a humdinger of a memoir - mesmerizing" -- Buffalo News"Her story is
one that dares everyone reading it to dream bigger." -- Bust
Magazine"Riveting...this is one autobiography that should not be
missed." -- Huffington Post"Ms. Pat, gives readers insight into
what it's really like to be young black woman growing up in
America." -- TODAY.com"Both savagely honest and often genuinely
funny, this is the story of how a resilient woman survived a
harrowing early life and found unexpected salvation through humor."
-- Kirkus"As heartbreaking as it is darkly hilarious, Rabbit will
make you wipe away both tears of joy and sorrow...a memoir filled
with wit and wisdom...Honest, poignant, and laugh-out-loud funny,
Williams' book is an absolute must-read." -- Shondaland"An
extraordinary memoir...[Rabbit] is both uproariously funny and
heartbreakingly sad... Despite all the difficult parts, Ms. Pat's
story reminds us that redemption is always possible, and that love
and humor can heal all wounds." -- Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star"I
pounced on [Ms. Pat's] book. And I thought she did such a great
job...God, [Rabbit] was entertaining. And I recommended it to so
many people." -- David Sedaris, author of the New York Times
bestseller Calypso"Like Ms. Pat, I grew up in the hood during the
crack epidemic, but I've never read anything like Rabbit. I didn't
know a story this sad could make me laugh so hard. That's the comic
genius of Ms. Pat!" -- Loni Love, co-host of The Real"People say "I
laughed and I cried" and it sounds like a clich�. But Rabbit really
took me there. It's everything--poignant, heartbreaking and
hilarious--all at once. I couldn't put it down." -- Lee Daniels,
creator of Empire "She was able to elevate her personal stories of
horror, sadness, violence, insanity into something that people can
understand and relate to and see into a world that many of us don't
know."
-- Marc Maron
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