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Ms. American Dream: A Memoir of Making It, No Matter What

Ms. American Dream: A Memoir of Making It, No Matter What

Williams-Lee, Patricia
Amber, Jeannine

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralHumor

Publisher Price: $28.00

ISBN10: 1668044218
ISBN13: 9781668044216
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: Sep 29 2026
Pages: 224
Weight: 0.85
Height: 0.91 Width: 6.32 Depth: 9.13
Language: English
From the author of the acclaimed and riveting (HuffPost) memoir Rabbit and star of BET's The Ms. Pat Show, a heartfelt, raw, and hilarious new memoir about rising from strife to success, tackling obstacles, and celebrating your wins with a laugh.

America is supposed to be the land of opportunity--where any poor kid can grow up to become a millionaire. That's the story. But I'ma tell you how it really went down.

Before she was the star of the Emmy-nominated smash sitcom The Ms. Pat Show, before the Netflix specials, sold-out tours, and her critically acclaimed memoir, Rabbit, Ms. Pat was a fifteen-year-old eighth-grade dropout raising two babies in one of Atlanta's poorest neighborhoods. With no mentor, no road map, and no safety net, she wasn't chasing the American Dream. She was told it wasn't meant for people like her.

If you'd seen her back then, you wouldn't have bet on a happy ending.

And yet...look at her now.

In Ms. American Dream, Ms. Pat picks up where Rabbit left off--chronicling the hard-fought climb from food stamps and Section 8 housing to television deals, Hollywood writers' rooms, and a suburban life so comfortable her doghouse has its own built-in washer and dryer.

In a country where the rich get richer and regular folks are told to work harder, Ms. Pat learned the rules of a system that wasn't built for her to win. She outmaneuvered caseworkers, bill collectors, con artists, and hustlers. She found her place in an industry where she was told she didn't belong.

Raw, fearless, and laugh-out-loud funny, Ms. American Dream is not your average rags-to-riches Hollywood story--it's a sharp, hilarious look at class, strategy, and reinvention.

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