Foolish: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation

A funny, revealing, and powerful new memoir from comedian, author, and actress Sarah Cooper

As a Jamaican immigrant, Sarah believed the key to success was being as “American” as possible. So she became as American as possible, like any hardworking Jamaican would. She found a job at Google, got married, and planned to have kids and forget her dreams. But luckily none of that worked out, which she celebrates in a piece for the book called “Thank God for My Broken Uterus.”

Now, in her hilarious debut memoir, Sarah describes how assimilating made her feel lost, but when she risked looking foolish, it led to finding herself. From her brave fifth-grade coming out story, “Mama? Papa? I Think I’m Black,” to her struggles with “The Immigrant to Basic Bitch Pipeline” to how her life changed after playing the ultimate fool in those comical lip-synching videos of Donald Trump, Cooper’s first memoir shows you that sometimes looking foolish is the smartest thing you can do.