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A review by lady_wira
Finding Me by Viola Davis
5.0
No doubt memoirs are literary selfies. And one must strongly believe that their story is worth telling to put in a book. Viola Davis’s story is truly one that had to be told and needed to be read.
A life of resilience from childhood, teen, young adult and adult. She vividly captures her experiences and makes the reader walk in her shoes. Her’s is a story marred with pain, heartbreak and abuse but also a story of triumph and getting back up. She said best when she said, “My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.” Fall down 8, get up 9.
Throughout this 291-page book, I felt like I was talking to a close aunt who wanted nothing but to see me excel. Sharing her steps, missteps and her lessons along the way. Some sentences literally jump at you and make you think. Isn’t that the essence of a life-changing book? One that leaves you pondering way after it’s done.
This memoir is big on hope. As she puts it,, “I now understand that life, and living it, is more about being present. I’m now aware that the not-so-happy memories lie in wait, but the hope and the joy also lie in wait.” Finding me grapples with the true nature of hope over fear, hope over anxiety and the desire to see life not just as is but as it could be.
We see A-list stars and admire them on the red carpet, but we hardly get to see the years, sweat, and tears that went into the making. Her career life is one that will leave even the doubting Thomas believing that hard work pays.
Viola’s life has come full circle, a life that has paved the way for others and a constant reminder to Remember the love . . . Don’t play the pain and betrayal, play the woman fighting hard to restore the love.
Finding me is a worthy read, a book well written, thought out and clearly structured.
“May you live long enough to know why you were born.” ― Viola Davis, Finding Me
A life of resilience from childhood, teen, young adult and adult. She vividly captures her experiences and makes the reader walk in her shoes. Her’s is a story marred with pain, heartbreak and abuse but also a story of triumph and getting back up. She said best when she said, “My biggest discovery was that you can literally re-create your life. You can redefine it. You don’t have to live in the past. I found that not only did I have fight in me, I had love.” Fall down 8, get up 9.
Throughout this 291-page book, I felt like I was talking to a close aunt who wanted nothing but to see me excel. Sharing her steps, missteps and her lessons along the way. Some sentences literally jump at you and make you think. Isn’t that the essence of a life-changing book? One that leaves you pondering way after it’s done.
This memoir is big on hope. As she puts it,, “I now understand that life, and living it, is more about being present. I’m now aware that the not-so-happy memories lie in wait, but the hope and the joy also lie in wait.” Finding me grapples with the true nature of hope over fear, hope over anxiety and the desire to see life not just as is but as it could be.
We see A-list stars and admire them on the red carpet, but we hardly get to see the years, sweat, and tears that went into the making. Her career life is one that will leave even the doubting Thomas believing that hard work pays.
Viola’s life has come full circle, a life that has paved the way for others and a constant reminder to Remember the love . . . Don’t play the pain and betrayal, play the woman fighting hard to restore the love.
Finding me is a worthy read, a book well written, thought out and clearly structured.
“May you live long enough to know why you were born.” ― Viola Davis, Finding Me