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Product details
- ISBN 9781668044216
- Weight: 411g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 22 Oct 2026
- Publisher: Atria Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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“America is supposed to be the land of opportunity—where any poor kid can grow up to become a millionaire. That’s the story. But I’ma tell you how it really went down.” —Ms. Pat
From the author of the acclaimed memoir Rabbit and star of BET’s The Ms. Pat Show, an audacious new memoir about rising from strife to success, tackling obstacles, and celebrating your wins with a laugh.
Before she was the star of BET’s Emmy-nominated smash sitcom, The Ms. Pat Show, before the Netflix specials, sold-out tours, and critically acclaimed memoir Rabbit, Ms. Pat was a fifteen-year-old eighth-grade dropout raising two babies in one of Atlanta’s poorest neighborhoods. With no mentor, no road map, and no safety net, she wasn’t chasing the American Dream. She was told it wasn’t meant for people like her.
If you’d seen her back then, you wouldn’t have bet on a happy ending.
And yet…look at her now.
In Ms. American Dream, Ms. Pat picks up where Rabbit left off—chronicling the wild, hilarious, and hard-fought climb from food stamps and Section 8 housing to television deals, Hollywood writers’ rooms, and a suburban life so comfortable her dogs’ house has its own built-in washer and dryer.
In a country where the rich get richer, and regular folks are told to “work harder,” Ms. Pat learned the rules of a system that wasn’t built for her to win. She outmaneuvered case workers, bill collectors, con artists, and hustlers. She found her place in an industry where she was told she didn’t belong.
Raw, fearless, and laugh-out-loud funny, Ms. American Dream is about more than fame. It’s about class, strategy, and reinvention.
This isn’t a Hollywood rags-to-riches fairy tale. It’s messy, complicated, and outrageously funny, because it’s true.
From the author of the acclaimed memoir Rabbit and star of BET’s The Ms. Pat Show, an audacious new memoir about rising from strife to success, tackling obstacles, and celebrating your wins with a laugh.
Before she was the star of BET’s Emmy-nominated smash sitcom, The Ms. Pat Show, before the Netflix specials, sold-out tours, and critically acclaimed memoir Rabbit, Ms. Pat was a fifteen-year-old eighth-grade dropout raising two babies in one of Atlanta’s poorest neighborhoods. With no mentor, no road map, and no safety net, she wasn’t chasing the American Dream. She was told it wasn’t meant for people like her.
If you’d seen her back then, you wouldn’t have bet on a happy ending.
And yet…look at her now.
In Ms. American Dream, Ms. Pat picks up where Rabbit left off—chronicling the wild, hilarious, and hard-fought climb from food stamps and Section 8 housing to television deals, Hollywood writers’ rooms, and a suburban life so comfortable her dogs’ house has its own built-in washer and dryer.
In a country where the rich get richer, and regular folks are told to “work harder,” Ms. Pat learned the rules of a system that wasn’t built for her to win. She outmaneuvered case workers, bill collectors, con artists, and hustlers. She found her place in an industry where she was told she didn’t belong.
Raw, fearless, and laugh-out-loud funny, Ms. American Dream is about more than fame. It’s about class, strategy, and reinvention.
This isn’t a Hollywood rags-to-riches fairy tale. It’s messy, complicated, and outrageously funny, because it’s true.
Patricia “Ms. Pat” Williams-Lee, “the real hero of sitcom TV” (HuffPost), is the creator and star of BET+’s Emmy-nominated hit The Ms. Pat Show, based on her riveting memoir Rabbit, the story of an inner-city drug dealer turned suburban mom. One of the country’s most exciting standups, Williams-Lee regularly headlines comedy clubs and theaters nationwide. Her signature charisma and candor are featured on Netflix’s Y’All Wanna Hear Something Crazy? and top-rated comedy podcast The Patdown. On her TV court show, Ms. Pat Settles It, she trades her mic for a gavel to referee disputes with hilarious results. In her downtime, Ms. Pat invites guests to teach her culinary skills on Whisking it All with Ms. Pat, her delightful YouTube cooking show. Ms. Pat lives in Atlanta with her husband and a house full of dependents.
