Finding Me

"How she clawed out of poverty, abuse and hunger to becoming an Oscar award actress is absolutely a major life accomplishment. Yes there are scars that won’t go away but this is a terrific story of someone who put their mind to making their dreams come true. Despite the unspeakable sadness in this story, and while the timetable was a bit over the place, it portrayed Viola’s mental state of trying to remember and yet at the same time trying to forget the hardship. This book will make you not want to complain about your own hardships."

"Listened to audio book narrated by Viola. Excellent. I admire her strength. "

"Beautiful. Wow wow wow. One of my favorite things about this book is that it’s not really about her journey to a successful career. It’s more about her journey to feeling worthy and finding self-love."

"Viola Davis’s new memoir was just announced as the next pick for Oprah’s Book Club. Will you be reading along?"

"I love Viola as an actress, and now even moreso as a storyteller. Her story of coming from an abusive household and facing all kinds of adversity in pursuit of her acting career is powerful. Definitely took some bits and pieces out of it to apply to my own life. "

"As a teacher this book hits close to the kids I teach. They have rats in 2023 and have to dodge poverty everyday. She brings everything to life and describes it in a way that is captivating. I love that she reads the audio it made it feel like I had story time with Viola Davis. I finish this book within three days. Def def def recommend. "

"With any books I review pls pls check trigger warnings it’s worth noting with any memoirs I will rate 5 stars no matter what because I don’t feel comfortable rating someone’s life with a star ratings I appreciate that someone can share something so intimate with us Love this woman. Oh my God, she's so talented that goes without saying, but also, at the same time, needs to be announced everywhere on repeat lol. I love this memoir for many reasons because as a famous actress,she could’ve just focused on hen acting career or being an actress, and she did but she also got so vulnerable and very truthful with her entire life with her childhood with her parents and siblings and thinking about how much courage that took because I'm sure she knew so many people would read her memoir. It had to be a scary aspect, which I admired all the more.it was genuine this book embodied so much of what it means to be a woman but especially a woman of color. This memoir also explores how generational trauma can profoundly effect someone’s life and may other topics that are just as important that should be widely discussed you can see how much work she put into where she is now and how much she truly loves acting how it is such a true passion this book felt so long in the best way possible it’s feels like she didn’t leave a single thing out it was so incredibly written and narrated the audiobook is outstanding it’s narrated by the women herself if you pick this one up it’s absolutely necessary you pick up the audiobook you get to listen to the joy in her voice and the excitement and passion but also the sadness this one is instantly going into the re read pile I can’t rave enough how outstanding this one was."

"When growing up she dealt with hardship as hard as being on the system and her and mother and father and brother's and her sister's and where she and her family really came from nothing much really like that. When she goes to school it will be this group of boys chasing her down with whatever they can pick up from the ground to throw at her because of the color of her skin. This is such a compelling story because it is true to her truth and all she had to face in her lifetime and she goes Julia Arts School to pursue for her acting career to become an actress in the making which she one of the famous actresses of today ❤️ like starring in Helped and Woman King and so much more. It's a must Read. Noted: I give this book 📖 5 ⭐ stars."

"Daaaaaaamn! Highly recommend a listen to this"

"Listened to the audible. Loved her story and LOVED hearing her read it. "