Jada Pinkett Smith is writing a memoir.
On Thursday, Folks introduced that the actress and “Crimson Desk Speak” host teamed up with Dey Avenue Books — an imprint of the William MorrowGroup at HarperCollins Publishers — to share her life story. The memoir, which is at present untitled, is ready for a fall 2023 launch.
In line with a press launch, the e book will see Smith chronicle “classes realized in the midst of a tough however riveting journey — a roller-coaster journey from the depths of suicidal melancholy to the heights of non-public rediscovery and the celebration of genuine female energy.”
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“With no holds barred, Jada reveals her unconventional upbringing in Baltimore from the kid of two addicts to a promising theatre scholar and a violent interlude as a petty drug-dealer — adopted by a parallel rise to stardom alongside her shut buddy 2Pac, then falling in love with and marrying Will Smith, and a joyous embrace of motherhood.”
Within the forthcoming e book, the 51-year-old star explores a time when she was “in disaster at age 40” and “recounts the excruciating decisions she was compelled to make to redefine her life in each manner,” the press launch provides.
“On the coronary heart of this highly effective e book are two surprising love tales,” the outline continues, “one being Jada’s difficult marriage to Will Smith, the opposite being the one with herself.”
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Dey Avenue Books’ VP and editorial director, Carrie Thornton, who brokered the e book take care of Inventive Artists Company (CAA), launched a press release saying, “The world has imposed many labels and narratives on Jada Pinkett Smith. That is right down to the realities of our media panorama, but additionally the roles thrust upon ladies by tradition.”
Dey Avenue Books have printed plenty of movie star memoirs together with these from Kelly Ripa, Gabrielle Union, Dave Grohl and Pamela Anderson’s upcoming Love, Pamela.
In November 2021, Smith’s husband Will printed his personal memoir Will, which he co-wrote with Mark Manson, bestselling creator of The Delicate Artwork of Not Giving a F*ck.