Finding Me: An Oprah's Book Club Pick

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It’s also a love letter to her craft; a marveling at the power of art to transform both its object and creator, yes, but also a reflection on its nature and facets — how did it look like liberated from the constraints of eurocentrism? All members can listen all they want to thousands of included audiobooks, podcasts, originals, and more in the Plus Catalog. The level of courage and bravery needed to overcome some of the things Viola has experienced is extremely high. Really great memoir about Viola Davis’ journey from a child growing up in poverty to becoming an award winning actress.

Viola is as unwavering with the recollection of her own pain and trauma as she is wholehearted with the reminiscence of her hope and healing. Throughout the memoir, she recounts specific scenes, conversations, and events so the book felt immersive rather than boring.

Connecting my military PTSD from where it began during service of the nation to a meaning of unexpected importance. Like most readers will probably feel, I thought Viola’s childhood was the most emotional and engaging part of the story.

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. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. We have seen many people going into a shell and not peaking to their full potential if they have a major setback in their life.One of the many takeaways for me is the understanding of just how hard it is for actors to “make it”. I’ve never witness my father beat my mom within an inch of her life and I’ve never experienced racism on the level that Viola has for being too dark. Viola shares her life story, from early childhood in true poverty in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to finding a love of acting and realizing that's what she wanted to do, to pursuing her dream and accepting herself. In the course of playing Annalise, I understood that I was no longer and never was that ugly Black nigga. I cried reading about Viola's childhood and the way her trauma shaped her into the woman she is today.

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.The term Jim Crow originated from a minstrel show in 1828 which was projecting African Americans negatively.

After getting past the early(nightmare) childhood years —-Viola began her career (so damn interesting of even how she got from A to B), in Central Falls, Rhode Island…. 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. we were the baton they were passing as they were sinking into the quicksand of racism, poverty, Jim Crow, segregation, injustice, family trauma, and dysfunction.It's the story of a scared child geared up in a warrior armor, of a person who climbed her way out of her own personal hell hole with clenched teeth and an impressive amount of talent.