This little book was a breath of fresh air. I’d been struggling through a lengthy tomb of a novel and frankly needed a break. She was on a bunch of talk shows promoting this book (see here for a clip of her talking about treating Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith to a Groupon tour), and when I found out about it, it jumped to the top of my to-be-read list. It’s also inspirational and heartbreaking and unique. Her book, The Last Black Unicorn, is more than that, though. If you haven’t seen it, take a look cause it’s pretty entertaining. I first really noticed Tiffany Haddish when I saw a clip of her on Drunk History talking about the story the Monuments Men is based on. And now, she’s ready to inspire others through the power of laughter.By Jennifer Marie Lin on Feb 15th, 2018 (Last Updated Jun 21st, 2020)

Finally poised to become a household name, she recounts with heart and humor how she came from nothing and nowhere to achieve her dreams by owning, sharing, and using her pain to heal others.īy turns hilarious, filthy, and brutally honest, The Last Black Unicorn shows the world who Tiffany Haddish really is-humble, grateful, down-to-earth, and funny as hell. Tiffany can’t avoid being funny-it’s just who she is, whether she’s plotting shocking, jaw-dropping revenge on an ex-boyfriend or learning how to handle her newfound fame despite still having a broke person’s mind-set.

None of that worked (and she’s still single), but it allowed Tiffany to imagine a place for herself where she could do something she loved for a living: comedy. Or at least she could make enough money-as the paid school mascot and in-demand Bar Mitzvah hype woman-to get her hair and nails done, so then she might get a boyfriend. If she could do that, then her classmates would let her copy their homework, the other foster kids she lived with wouldn’t beat her up, and she might even get a boyfriend. Growing up in one of the poorest neighborhoods of South Central Los Angeles, Tiffany learned to survive by making people laugh. From stand-up comedian, actress, and breakout star of Girls Trip, Tiffany Haddish, comes The Last Black Unicorn, a sidesplitting, hysterical, edgy, and unflinching collection of (extremely) personal essays, as fearless as the author herself.

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