{"product_id":"charlie-s-boy-9780063435438","title":"Charlie's Boy","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePREORDER — Expected release: 02 February 2027.\u003c\/strong\u003e This book is not yet available. Dispatch is subject to supplier availability and publication-date changes.\u003c\/p\u003eThe long-awaited memoir by the comedy legend and author of multiple New York Times bestsellers, a beautiful and mesmerizing book that reveals as never before his childhood in South Central Los Angeles, his time in the infamous Bloods gang, and how humor became his salvation.I learned a joke could be more than humor. It was body armor. Could be a spell. Could be a sword and a shield, all in one breath. He was always Charlie\u0026amp;rsquo;s Boy\u0026amp;mdash;even before he found his name, his voice, his fame.In this raw, cinematic, and deeply personal memoir, acclaimed comedian and cultural critic D.L. Hughley documents his rise from the streets of South Central Los Angeles to the national spotlight\u0026amp;mdash;and the man who quietly stood behind him through it all.While his mother\u0026amp;rsquo;s wrath shaped his early years with fear and rejection, it was Charlie Hughley\u0026amp;mdash;a soft-spoken bag handler at the Los Angeles Airport\u0026amp;mdash;who raised D.L. and taught him how to survive through tough love and sacrifice. Though he was not D.L.\u0026amp;rsquo;s biological father\u0026amp;mdash;a fact only revealed when D.L. was ten\u0026amp;mdash;Charlie gave his boy the only thing he truly needed: a sense of being seen.It was a time when gangs ruled the streets of South Central, and D.L. rose through the ranks of the Bloods. But when his mother\u0026amp;rsquo;s car was shot up and dead roses were left on his doorstep\u0026amp;mdash;signaling he was marked for death\u0026amp;mdash;D.L.\u0026amp;rsquo;s mother knew that he couldn\u0026amp;rsquo;t stay in Los Angeles. So, D.L. boarded a bus to Ohio and left behind everything he understood. It was exile. But it proved to be a fresh start.This is not just a coming-of-age story. It\u0026amp;rsquo;s the story of how one man found his voice by being raised in silence\u0026amp;mdash;and how he learned to get on stage and turn pain into punch lines. Through storytelling that\u0026amp;rsquo;s both unsparing and funny, Charlie\u0026amp;rsquo;s Boy is a tribute to the man who never asked for one, and a reckoning for the boy who had to wrestle for love, identity, and truth.\u003ch2\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h2\u003eD.L. Hughley is one of “The Original Kings of Comedy.” His comedy specials have appeared on HBO and Showtime. His satirical documentary special, DL Hughley: The Endangered List, received the prestigious George Foster Peabody Award in 2012. He also created and starred in the ABC sitcom The Hughleys and has hosted shows on BET, Comedy Central, TBS, and CNN. He currently hosts the nationally syndicated radio program The D.L. Hughley Show. His first book, I Want You to Shut the F#ck Up, was hailed as “the best book since The Hunger Games by Chris Rock, and his latest, Black Man, White House, as “the book everyone is laughing about” by Morning Joe host Joe Scarborough. Black Man, White House hit the New York Times humor bestseller list. D.L. lives with his family in Los Angeles, California.","brand":"D. L. Hughley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44300565545021,"sku":"9780063435438","price":46.75,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/x1000_ff04b5fa-bcee-4096-a6d5-4cb588fecb00.jpg?v=1793698634","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/charlie-s-boy-9780063435438","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}