美國當紅脱口秀《小崔每日秀》主持人特雷弗·諾亞一出生就犯了罪：因為他的父親是白人，母親是黑人，而在當時種族隔離的南非，這樣的結合屬於犯罪，他父母會面臨五年有期徒刑的懲罰，諾亞自己也會被送到孤兒院。

為了保護諾亞，他那位勇敢、反叛、幽默、堅強、虔誠信教的母親，想出了各種辦法，在歧視、貧困、暴力的怪圈中，竭力為他創造了一種正常的生活。而自幼便遺傳了母親性格的諾亞，除了像大多數青少年那樣成長外，還需要學會如何 “尷尬”地在一個他本不該存在的世界上生活。這本回憶錄中收集的故事，時而幽默，時而驚險，時而感人，但無一例外都彰顯了諾亞驚人的喜劇天賦，以及一位母親無止境的、無條件的愛。

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“一部引人入勝的回憶錄……時而警世、悲傷、時而逗趣，諾亞的書讓我們透過他的家庭，看到生活在南非種族隔離制度下的悲慘樣貌……説到底，不只是一個描繪在南非種族隔離制度下成長的震撼故事，也是一封作者寫給他那位不平凡的母親的情書。”——《紐約時報》角古美智子

事實上，諾亞的母親是這本書裏的英雄……她給兒子的禮物，就是讓他學會獨立思考，通過自己的角度看待世界……同諾亞的眾多粉絲一樣，我很感激她做到了這一點。——比爾·蓋茨 “2017夏季書單推薦”

特雷弗·諾亞（Trevor Noah），1984年出生於南非約翰內斯堡，曾擔任電視台、廣播電台主持人和脱口秀演員，聲名鵲起之後於2014年底赴美國發展，擔任美國電視台脱口秀節目《每日秀》（The Daily Show）的通訊員，後在2015年成為該節目的主持人。