Retta is full on fire in this book telling tales of her life growing up and as an adult with two African born parents, the tiny apartment the family shared, the onslaught of cousins moving in from time to time and how she had planned to be a doctor, had gone through school planning to become a doctor so far as to get to the point of taking her board exam only to turn aside from her previously planned life to do a complete flip flop in the other direction and started doing stand-up comedy. She was hooked with the first audience applause going from doing stand-up to extra work on t.v. and film. She was afraid of her parent's reaction but they turned out to be very supportive as long as she was happy and able to make a living. She was. She talks about the t.v. show Parks & Recreation where she spent 7 seasons and built familial bonds with the other actors on the show that continue to this day as they call each other every week. She talks about being the first black woman to love ice hockey and how she brought the L.A. Kings hockey team luck in 2017 and how her supreme fandom took them all the way to the Stanley Cup and all for free on comped tickets she was able to cop. Her personality has got her this far and she is planning on coasting on it through life. She is so fun everyone is immediately taken with her and I think she willl be able to reach any dream she seeks. She ain't just close to it, Retta IS the Sh8t! Fun read. Language not for the very young, but, certainly a manual to all for how to go about getting what you want out of life. Good read..
- Shirley J
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