This Is Just My Face: Try Not To Stare

"Gabourey Sidibe is hilarious – as in laugh-out-loud, smile-so-big-your-face-hurts funny. You might not know it from the serious fare she’s tackled in film and TV, but this is a woman who knows her voice, and it comes alive on the written page. In her remarkably candid memoir, This Is Just My Face: Try Not to Stare, Sidibe takes readers inside her life story in such a personal way. There is nothing off-limits: the depression and eating disorders that nearly paralyzed her as a child, her complicated relationship with her mom, how Hollywood has opened some doors for her and kept others closed. And, yes, there’s plenty of real talk about body image and learning to block out the noise. Sidibe is a gifted writer who always digs in when faced with the chance to reveal more truth or take a step back to more comfortable territory. And we, the readers, win big because of it."