Finding Me: The Grammy-winning memoir

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This memoir really resonated with me and I was on the edge of my seat while listening to her life story and truth she found after finding her way out of the darkness. Connecting my military PTSD from where it began during service of the nation to a meaning of unexpected importance. Like many people, I discovered Viola from her incredible work on How to Get Away With Murder and have been following her work ever since. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be . She wants to connect and communicate to the reader what’s it’s like to come from poverty, to live in fear, to fight for your life.

Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's pageview limit. Viola Davis, an American actress and producer, is one of the few performers who have won an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and a Tony (EGOT).Sometimes we just want more time to bask in the experience of a magnificent book —- of an magnificent human being - a powerful Black Woman…. Finding Me is raw and honest, and it feels like you are sitting in a room with Viola, and she is telling you about her life.

All the attributes that are attached to being a woman-desirable, vulnerable, needing to be rescued-don't apply to us. Finding Me is Viola Davis’ story, in her own words, and spans her incredible, inspiring life, from her coming-of-age in Rhode Island to her present day. Viola is very honest about her life and career, and her numerous anecdotes include stories that are scary; shocking; embarrassing; humorous; sad; happy; romantic; joyful; and more. Viola is so incredibly raw and honest when sharing stories from her childhood, her journey into being an actress, and the lessons she learned along the way as a daughter, wife, mother, and artist. But when she saw Cecily Tyson on TV, she was inspired to take up acting, first succeeding in small sketches at school and later earning a college scholarship.Viola Davis walking us through her most difficult parts of her life and the most rewarding moments was such a delight to listen to! Viola could have done well in many areas, but the acting bug bit her when she saw Cicely Tyson in 'The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. We need to examine, explore, scrutinize, question, contemplate, dig deep, chew, study, and appraise…. As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. I cried reading about Viola's childhood and the way her trauma shaped her into the woman she is today.

In addition to being a story about Viola's personal journey, this memoir can serve as a primer for aspiring actors, because it provides information about what to expect and how to maneuver in show business.Davis takes readers throughout the course her life from her childhood up until the present moments of her career. This is one of my most anticipated reads, ever, because I’m such a big fan of Viola Davis, and it quickly became one of my favorite memoirs, ever. It is startlingly honest and, at times, a jaw-dropping read, charting her rise from poverty and abuse to becoming the first African-American to win the triple crown of an Oscar, Emmy and Tony for acting. She was the apt person to explain more about the movement as she is familiar with almost every piece of information and every victim related to it. Viola provides the Foreward and listening to her voice and the impact on Viola at 7 years old when she saw Cicely Tyson on television is a powerful testimonial about role models and the need to ensure diversity in arts, entertainment and all industries.