Finding Me: The Grammy-winning memoir

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Sometimes we just want more time to bask in the experience of a magnificent book —- of an magnificent human being - a powerful Black Woman…. When Viola did succeed, she sometimes experienced self doubt, with industry standards, in part, to blame. To counterbalance, Viola spent one summer in Africa with dance choreographer Chuck Davis, studying the Wolof Jola, Mandinka, and SouSou tribes. IN MY BOOK, YOU WILL MEET a little girl named Viola who ran from her past until she made a life-changing decision to stop running forever. I would assume that it wouldn't be that way because most actors seem to begin there; however, based on commentary and financial gains from each I understand the differences more.

The descriptions of the living conditions of her home are hard to wrap one’s head around, but despite her parents having their hands full with their own demons, Viola managed to get some support from siblings and programs offered to her which helped to build her self-esteem, incentivized her to change the course of her life, propelling her toward achieving her dreams.

Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. She narrates her truth as it is, without pomp or embellishment, in all its bare-faced and naked glory. She explores several relationships she has involving her family and how those relationships have changed and developed over the years and I just think she did a wonderful job detailing her childhood and how it has affected her later into her career. I’m not one to enjoy love stories but this was a stand out part of the book that really impacted me.

As a girlie with only brothers, I quite enjoy seeing, hearing and knowing women with sisters because that dynamic to me is soooo precious. If there is anything that I learned from each of these moments, it's that you can never tell what someone has been through by just looking at them. Feeling like I was in the room listening to her story made me want to reach out and hug her and let her know that she is worthy and how her light shines through in the world.She tells her extraordinary journey filled with poverty, love, hatred, racism, and achievements in her life in this book. She has bared her heart to the public to be an example and to let others know it is okay to be yourself, even if that is different from whatever B. Hotjar sets this cookie to know whether a user is included in the data sampling defined by the site's daily session limit. She is the winner of an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, and two Tony Awards, and in 2021 she won a Screen Actors Guild Award for her role in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom.