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She Was a Teen Mom at 15, Shot at 25, Then Became a Comedy Legend: The Untold Story of Ms. Pat

Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat

Patricia Williams, Jeannine Amber

Most people think they know the hood from watching The Wire. But Patricia 'Ms. Pat' Williams says TV doesn't show the full truth. In her raw, hilarious memoir 'Rabbit: The Autobiography of Ms. Pat,' co-written with Jeannine Amber, she reveals a life that makes fiction look tame. At 7, she was rolling drunks for cash. At 12, she was preyed on by a man eight years older. By 15, she had two kids. With only an 8th grade education and no job skills, she survived on hustling and humor. This is the story of how a Black mother from the crack epidemic era used comedy as her weapon to escape poverty, get shot, and still rise to become a top stand-up comedian. No sugarcoating. Just the real, gritty, and inspiring truth about survival, trauma, and triumph.