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Summary: Patrice has walked in many shoes
Review: Patrice Gaines' autobiography Laughing in the Dark is an unbelievably amazing story. I would recommend this book to anyone that has doubts in their life or to a person who wants to feel the pain and happiness that Patrice has been through. Patrice has walked in many shoes, anywhere from the most uncomfortable heels to the best pair of sneakers. She explains this to you with remarkably strong emotions. As a young female facing many of the same struggles, I feel that this autobiography has taught me a lot about life and how to deal with the everyday pressures of sex, drugs, and crime. She begins her book as a young, black female dealing with racism and ends as a strong, beautiful woman. To express in such great detail so much of her life truly means something. Whether it's that she is just a great writer that wanted to stop living what some may call a lie, or that she felt her story could help many that face the same problems, she did a terrific job. She made a tremendous difference in my life.
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Summary: Patrice has walked in many shoes
Review: Patrice Gaines' autobiography Laughing in the Dark is an unbelievably amazing story. I would recommend this book to anyone that has doubts in their life or to a person who wants to feel the pain and happiness that Patrice has been through. Patrice has walked in many shoes, anywhere from the most uncomfortable heels to the best pair of sneakers. She explains this to you with remarkably strong emotions. As a young female facing many of the same struggles, I feel that this autobiography has taught me a lot about life and how to deal with the everyday pressures of sex, drugs, and crime. She begins her book as a young, black female dealing with racism and ends as a strong, beautiful woman. To express in such great detail so much of her life truly means something. Whether it's that she is just a great writer that wanted to stop living what some may call a lie, or that she felt her story could help many that face the same problems, she did a terrific job. She made a tremendous difference in my life.
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Summary: Patrice helps women see inside themselves
Review: Patrice Gaines's book Laughing in the Dark opens the eyes of women, both young and old, across the country. Patrice takes you on a journey through her life filled with pain and tears, toward self survival and determination to better her life. Patrice helps women see inside themselves through her powerful words and wisdom. She encourages women to better themselves and to always believe in themselves. With her gripping stories and tear-filled memories of childhood to her successes in womanhood, she helps you find your true self and pushes you to be the best you can be. I enjoyed this book immensely, and it has pushed me to look deeper inside my own soul for the person I want to be.
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Summary: An amazing story
Review: Patrice Gaines-an amazing woman who has gone through almost everything you could think of. Laughing in the Dark is an amazing autobiography. I would recommend this book to anyone that is going through trouble in life; this book is could give them a better understanding of what they are going through because people can't see what is happening to themselves, but when they see another person going through they can understand it better. Not only do I recommend it to those with troubled lives but anyone that likes to read what is going on in the world with someone besides themselves. This book is amazing and I could read it over and over again and not get sick of it. So read it.
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Summary: Laughing in the Dark: From Colored Girl to Woman of Color
Review: The reader discovers the personal world of Patrice Gaines, a staff reporter with the Washington Post and a recipient of the National Association of Black Journalists Award. The impetus for this memoir was Gaines' view of her baby daughter from a thin jail cell window. The story unravels as Gaines seeks to be the independent woman that her daughter can look up to with pride.Gaines provides us with the details of her struggle, commencing with her life as a five-year-old on a military base in Quantino, Virginia in 1954, when the Supreme Court declared segregated schools unconstitutional. The adversities she faced included: being raped twice, shoplifting, abusing drugs, getting divorced, and going to prison. She delineates these experiences with stark honesty and a compassionate understanding of everyone. Her sensitivity is strongly highlighted by her complete and unwavering devotion to gay friends in their personal battles against AIDS. As the story unwinds, the reader is poignantly aware of Gaines' personal and professional growth. She comes to meet her daughter's needs, as they each mature into adulthood, one a journalist and one a college student. This non-fictional account of one journalist's life is well written and totally captivating. "Laughing in the Dark" cannot be kept waiting; it must be read immediately from start to finish.
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