Grace After Midnight: A Memoir Ritz, David Summary While Felicia is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. While Felicia is a brilliant actor in a truly chilling role, what's most remarkable about "Snoop" is what she has overcome in her life. Snoop was born a three-pound cross-eyed crack baby in East Baltimore. Those streets are among the toughest in the world, but Snoop was tougher. The runt of the ghetto showed an early aptitude for drug slinging and violence and thrived as a baby gangsta until she landed in Jessup state penitentiary after killing a woman in self-defense. There she rebelled violently against the system, and it was only through the cosmic intervention of her mentor, Uncle Loney, that she turned her life around. A couple of years ago, Snoop was discovered in a nightclub by one of The Wire's cast members and quickly recruited to be one of television's most frightening and intriguing villians.While the story of coming up from the hood has been told by Antwone Fisher and Chris Gardner, among others, Snoop's tale goes far deeper into The Life than any previous books. And like Mary Karr's story, Snoop's is a woman's story from a fresh point of view. She defied traditional conventions of gender and sexual preference on the hardest streets in America and she continues to do so in front of millions of viewers on TV. Perfect for fans of Acting & Auditioning, Arts & Photography, Performing Arts, Theatre, Television Performer Biographies, Acting & Auditioning Books. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 224 pages · Hardcover By Ritz, David Details ISBN: 9780446195188 Author: Ritz, David Format: Hardcover Pages: 224 Language: English Publication date: 6 December 2007 Condition: Used – Acceptable Rating: 4.50 (3 reviews) About the authors Ritz, David and Felicia Pearson and David Ritz · Publisher: Grand Central Publishing More about this book Reviews Average rating: 4.50/5 · 3 reviews Pearson, who plays Snoop on the HBO hit series "The Wire," reveals her incredible, hard-knock life story, one that dramatically parallels the life of her character on TV.
