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Amber Ruffin, Lacey Lamar: You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey (Hardcover, 2021, Grand Central Publishing) 5 stars

Writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers Amber Ruffin writes with her sister …

Review of "You'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey" on 'Goodreads'

5 stars

I saw another review that characterized this as hilarious and horrifying, and I think that nails it. As a white person, regardless of how much time you've spent trying to educate yourself on racism and how many stories you've heard, something about seeing this collection (incomplete and partial as it is) really drives home how prevalent racism is and how much energy Black people must expend enduring these encounters. While the stories are enraging, outrageous, and heartbreaking – somehow they also manage to tell them in a way that's funny. I appreciated the incongruence of shaking my head in disgust at our society one minute, then snorting out loud in the next. I highly recommend this as an audiobook, because the delivery is next-level. Bravo. Can't wait to listen to their next book.