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02070aam a2200361 i 4500 001 2BB5E44061BB11E58C89ECB7DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20220910012104 008 140706s2015 nyuacf e 000 0aeng d 010 $a 2015934625 020 $a 1593096429 020 $a 9781593096427 040 $d SKYRV $e rda $d SILO 050 4 $a PN2287.M69975 082 04 $a 920.0082 100 1 $a Morgan, Debbi, $d 1956- $e author. 245 14 $a The monkey on my back : $b a memoir : breaking a generational curse / $c Debbi Morgan. 250 $a First Infinite Words Trade paperback edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Infinite Words, $c 2015. 300 $a 418 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, portraits ; $c 21 cm. 520 3 $a Raised in the South Bronx and beloved for the diverse and captivating characters she's played, Debbi Morgan enjoyed a thirty-year tenure on All My Children. She also co-starred in the biopic The Hurricane opposite Denzel Washington and the haunting film Eve's Bayou opposite Samuel L. Jackson. But this book is not about her career, and it's not about Hollywood. It's not even about her rise to daytime stardom. Charting her family story as well as her own life from childhood to the present in this compelling memoir, Debbi reveals the fear, the doubt, and insecurities she's struggled with for much of her life -- and how she escaped a vicious cycle of pain to find self-confidence, happiness, and success. 600 10 $a Morgan, Debbi, $d 1956- 600 10 $a Morgan, Debbi, $d 1956- $x Family. 650 0 $a African American actresses $v Biography. 650 0 $a Television actors and actresses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a African American women $v Biography. 650 0 $a Family violence. 650 0 $a Television actors and actresses $z United States $v Biography. 650 0 $a Children of abused wives $z United States $v Biography. 941 $a 2 952 $l CEAX572 $d 20200508021559.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20161005010130.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=2BB5E44061BB11E58C89ECB7DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search