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Music to My Years: A Mixtape Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up

Music to My Years: A Mixtape Memoir of Growing Up and Standing Up

Alonzo, Cristela

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Publisher Price: $20.00

ISBN10: 1501189212
ISBN13: 9781501189210
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: May 14 2024
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.70 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.40
Language: English
This memoir is an emotional journey that will make you laugh, cry, and everything in between (Wanda Sykes) as it explores comedian, writer, and producer Cristela Alonzo's childhood as a first-generation Mexican American in Texas and her dreams to pursue a career in comedy.When Cristela Alonzo and her family lived as squatters in an abandoned diner, they only had two luxuries: a television and a radio. These became her pop cultural touchstones and a guiding light that ushered her forward. In Music to My Years, Cristela shares her experiences and struggles of being a first-generation American, her dreams of becoming a comedian, and how it feels to be a creator in a world that often minimizes people of color and women. Her stories range from the ridiculous--like the time she made her own tap shoes out of bottle caps or how the theme song of The Golden Girls landed her in the principal's office--to the sobering moments, like how she turned to stand-up comedy to grieve the heartbreaking loss of her mother and how, years later, she's committed to giving back to the community. Each significant moment of the book relates to a song, and the resulting playlist is deeply moving, resonant, and unforgettable. Music to My Years is a timely reminder that regardless of economic status, race, or gender, love is the connection that ties together all humanity (Booklist).

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