Just as I Am, Cicely Tyson
Just as I Am, Cicely Tyson
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Just as I Am
A Memoir

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Author: Cicely Tyson

Narrator: Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, Robin Miles

Unabridged: 16 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 01/26/2021

Synopsis

“In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only exceeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.” –President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony""Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson

About Cicely Tyson

Cecily Tyson, Oscar® nominee, ACE winner, three-time Emmy winner, lecturer, activist and humanitarian, is one of the most respected and honored talents in American theater and film.

About Viola Davis

VIOLA DAVIS is an internationally acclaimed actress and producer, known for her exceptional performances in television shows like 'How to Get Away with Murder' and movies like 'Fences' and 'The Help.' 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'. In both 2012 and 2017, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Davis is also the founder and CEO of JuVee Productions, an artist driven production company that develops and produces independent film, theater, television, and digital content.

Reviews

Goodreads review by #AskMissPatience on January 17, 2022

Bought this Hardcover version on 1/26/21 while Ms. Tyson was being interviewed by Gayle King. As soon as I heard Ms. Tyson published Just As I Am: A Memoir in the course of her speaking immediately purchased the book to read and be a reviewer. When I found out she passed away today before the book ar......more

Goodreads review by chantel on February 08, 2021

Ms. Cicely Tyson lived a L I F E ! Ms. Tyson has lived through so much and busted open so 👏🏾many 👏🏾doors👏🏾!!! It was a true joy to read this work, she's given us the gift of her story to add to the legacy and Black History of the screen and stage. Ms. Tyson highlights the resiliency of Black women,......more

Goodreads review by Read In Colour on February 04, 2021

It's fitting that Aretha Franklin's version of Mary, Don't You Weep started playing in the background as I began this review because Aretha was a dear friend of Ms. Tyson and because I found myself crying unexpectedly as I finished her memoir. And I say unexpectedly because I shed no tears when her......more

Goodreads review by Read By Kyle on March 08, 2021

This book is well written and a thorough account of a well-lived life. Unfortunately it gets only three stars from me for entirely subjective reasons. Firstly, I found Cicely most unlikeable. Even when I agreed with her, I usually thought she was going about whatever situation in an irritating/stubb......more

Goodreads review by Tamyka on February 07, 2021

I love Cicely Tyson. She had a long beautiful life and an amazing career. The good thing about this book is the historical, political, and social context mixed within it. She’s lived so long and to see her perspective of significant historical events was a real treat because I find most of my most v......more

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