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Loading... Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood (original 2016; edition 2016)by Trevor Noah (Author)
Work InformationBorn a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah (2016)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I’ve always liked Trevor Noah. I find him hilarious and extremely intelligent. This book made me love him even more. Filled with stories that will make you laugh and stories that will make you cry, his memoir is definitely a story of hope and faith. ( ) Wow. Trevor Noah certainly led an interesting life in South Africa. I'm ashamed to admit I never really knew much about how bad Apartheid was. I knew it existed and just likened it to segregation after the Civil War in the US. Boy was I wrong. This is a great book to not only get a touch of history, but to read the life of an interesting person. I enjoyed Noah's storytelling and earmarked quite a few pages for the anecdotes and life lessons he tells. I picked this up because it's been on my list for a while and I figured I'd finally read it. I'm sure glad I did. This is an excellent biography for anyone to read. I love Trevor Noah, and this book did not let me down. It was a very honest and educational tale of his childhood in South Africa, what it was like growing up, and how apartheid affecting everything. Easily one of the best biographies I've read, and I look forward to his next one. Would fit The 52 Book Club's 2021 prompts: 1 - Set in a School 2 - Featuring The Legal Profession 8 - A Book in the 900's of the Dewey Decimal System 10 - Related to the Word Fire 17 - A Character On The Run 23 - An Ending That Surprises You 26 - An Author of Colour 28 - Includes a Historical Event You Know Little About 32 - A Selfish Character 35 - Set In A Country That Starts With The Letter S 37 - An Educational Read 40 - Found via Bookstagram 43 - A Character With a Pet Cat 44 - Includes a Garden 45 - A Coming of Age Novel 47 - A Character With a Disability 48 - Cover With a Woman Who is Facing Away Wonderful, colorful stories from Mr. Noah's childhood, not just about the insidious institution of apartheid but about its democratic aftermath; family and particularly, his mother's fierce love; being different because he was "colored" and therefore neither black nor white (his mother a Black African, his father a Swiss-German ex-pat), and, under the apartheid regime, a "crime" because he was the product of an illegal union; religion; and rebellion. The stories are not presented linearly, and they are often vignettes, but they trace Mr. Noah's life from his birth in 1984 to his early years as a comedian. I read part of it on my Kindle app but listened to most on Audible. Mr. Noah narrated, which made it perfect. I laughed, I raged at the world, I marveled at Trevor's adaptability, and I began to believe in something a little bit mystical in this world. I could hear so much of his voice, and I felt like I was getting to know a new side of Trevor. This was so well-written that I felt like we were two friends just chatting, and he was telling stories as we sat somewhere cozy. Won in a Goodreads Giveaway! AwardsDistinctionsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found.
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