A woman who was able to achieve her dreams by reveling in her pain and awkwardness, showing the world who she really is, and inspiring others through the power of laughter.

But The Last Black Unicorn is so much more than a side-splittingly hilarious collection of essays - it's a memoir of the struggles of one woman who came from nothing and nowhere.

Tiffany can't avoid being funny: It's just who she is. She still cleans the toilet the way she was shown by a foster mom who worked as a maid, and she still rolls her joints the way one of her foster dads taught her. She's humble, grateful, down to earth, and funny as hell. Tiffany faced the 'routine' hindrances of climbing the entertainment business ladder - but had the added obstacles of sex, race, and class in her way. After a multitude of jobs, she finally realized that she had talent in an area she never would have suspected: comedy. As an illiterate ninth grader, Tiffany did everything she could to survive. From beloved comedian, actress, and New York Times bestselling author, Tiffany Haddish, comes Layla, The Last Black Unicorn, a hilarious, original picture book. Tiffany never fit in anywhere: not in the households she rotated through in the foster care system and certainly not at the nearly all white high school she had to ride the bus an hour to attend. Her mother wound up with a debilitating brain injury after surviving a car accident. Tiffany Haddish grew up in one of the poorest parts of South Central Los Angeles. From stand-up comedian and actress Tiffany Haddish comes The Last Black Unicorn, a hilarious, edgy, and heart-wrenching collection of autobiographical essays that will leave you laughing through tears.

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