**WINNER OF THE 2024 AUDIE AWARD FOR HUMOR** **A** NEW YORK TIMES **BESTSELLER A BARNES AND NOBLE’S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR ** **A** TOWN & COUNTRY **BEST CELEBRITY MEMOIR OF 2023 A **VULTURE **BEST COMEDY BOOK OF 2023** Hey you guys, it’s Leslie. I’m excited to share my story with you. Now, I’m gonna be honest: Some of the details might be vague because a b *tch is fifty-five and she’s smoked a ton of weed. But while bits might be a touch hazy, I can promise you the underlying truth is REAL. Whether I’m talking about my childhood growing up in the South, my early stand-up days driving from gig to gig through the darkest parts of our country and praying I wouldn’t get murdered, what Chris Rock told Lorne Michaels, that time I wanted to shoot Whoopi Goldberg on SNL, and yeah, I’ll tell you all about* Ghostbusters *and the nudes and* Supermarket Sweep *and* The Daily Show *. . . I’m sharing it all in these pages. It’s not easy being a woman in comedy, especially when you’re a tall-* ss Black woman with a trumpet voice. I have to fight so that no one takes me for granted, and no one takes advantage. These are the stories that explain why. (Cue the *Law & Order* theme.)