Born a crime : stories from a South African childhood / Trevor Noah.
Noah's path from apartheid South Africa to the desk of The Daily Show began with a criminal act: his birth. Born to a white Swiss father and a black Xhosa mother, at the time such a union was punishable by five years in prison. As he struggles to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist, his mother is determined to save her son from the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life. With an incisive wit and unflinching honesty, Noah weaves together a moving yet funny portrait of a boy making his way through a damaged world in a dangerous time. -- Adapted from publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780399588174
- ISBN: 0399588175
- Physical Description: x, 288 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Spiegel & Grau, 2016.
Content descriptions
Formatted Contents Note: | I. Run -- Born a crime -- Trevor, pray -- Chameleon -- The second girl -- Loopholes -- Fufi -- Robert -- II. The mulberry tree -- A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part I: Valentine's Day -- Outsider -- A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part II: the crush -- Colorblind -- A young man's long, awkward, occasionally tragic, and frequently humiliating education in affairs of the heart, part III: the dance -- III. Go Hitler! -- The cheese boys -- The world doesn't love you -- My mother's life -- Acknowledgments. |
Target Audience Note: | HL770L Lexile |
Search for related items by subject
Subject: | Noah, Trevor, 1984- Comedians > United States > Biography. Comedians > South Africa > Biography. Television personalities > United States > Biography. |
Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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- 35 of 36 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at De Soto.
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De Soto Public Library | B Noa (Text) | 33858000097657 | Adult Non-Fiction | Available | - |