"Jokes My Father Never Taught Me answers that poignant question and many more. It is an unprecedented look at the life of a legend of comedy, told by a daughter who both understood the genius and knew the tortured man within"--Publisher website (May 2007).
A memoir by the daughter of the pioneering comedian discusses her efforts to embrace the cultures of both of her parents, her exposure to drugs and sex throughout her earliest years, and her witness to Pryor's deterioration from multiple sclerosis.
"Jokes My Father Never Taught Me answers that poignant question and many more. It is an unprecedented look at the life of a legend of comedy, told by a daughter who both understood the genius and knew the tortured man within"--Publisher website (May 2007).