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Jokes My Father Never Taught Me: Life, Love, and Loss with Richard Pryor
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me Life Love and Loss with Richard Pryor
Author: Rain Pryor
The loving yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor Rain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s. Her mother was a Jewish go-go dancer who wanted a tribe of rainbow children, and her father was Richard Pryor, perhaps the most compelling and brilliant comedian of his era. In this intimate, harrowing...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780061350979
ISBN-10: 0061350974
Publication Date: 10/1/2007
Pages: 224
Rating:
  • Currently 4.5/5 Stars.
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4.5 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 1
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Helpful Score: 3
This book was absolutely brilliant. I couldn't put it down. Rain Pryor explores her Daddy with more detail and lovingness than any other that has depicted his story before. God bless you Rain! God made you for a purpose and your father, Richard Pryor, is very proud of who you have become.
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Helpful Score: 1
I found this book interesting. It's an easy read, with same chapters. The subject matter delves into what it was like for Rain, being bi-racial, bi-religious, and caught up in the drama of her parents. Considering one of them was Richard Pryor, you can imagine that the drama was just that...dramatic.

She survived, and has blossomed as well. I really enjoyed learning about her life and thought she told it well.
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