Finding Me: The Grammy-winning memoir

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Vee, what a beautiful story, I’m now headed to Malik’s Books for the hardcopy cause my shelf NEEDS this beautiful book! 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…. I feel we should be responsible to listen to her story with open ears and let it all resonate with us because what Viola has written here is so intense and important. I feel connected to her and to all the women, of any color, of any biological nature, who fight every day for the birthright to be themselves. At the age of forty-seven Viola got one of her best known roles, playing Annalise Keating in the television series 'How to Get Away With Murder.

There Viola was named a 'Promising Young Artist' which eventually led to a scholarship to Rhode Island College.Luck is an elusive monster who chooses when to come out of its cave to strike and who will be its recipient.

This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose and my strength, but also to finding my voice in a world that didn't always see me. I enjoyed too her journey of growing up and getting out of that household, to develop into the talented and amazing actress she is today. The colorism she experienced in the acting world and how they tried to “mold and shape” her into the perfect “white” actor. Facebook sets this cookie to show relevant advertisements to users by tracking user behaviour across the web, on sites that have Facebook pixel or Facebook social plugin.The term Jim Crow originated from a minstrel show in 1828 which was projecting African Americans negatively. She goes into her life as a young girl and the demons she had to face while living in poverty, abuse and racism. I don't usually read non-fiction books, even less if they're biographies, but my amazing best friend and her flawless taste in books thought this was the perfect Christmas gift for me, and it truly was. Taking off the wig in How to Get Away With Murder was my duty to honor black women by not showing any image that is palatable to the oppressor, to people who have tarnished, punished the image of black womanhood for so long.

Annalise Keating released in me the obstacles blocking me from realizing my worth and power as a woman. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). this was also my first audiobook, and i couldn’t have picked a better one to start with because viola’s performance was truly incredible. 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. 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.Our latest EGOT legend douses us all with the ice cold truth: her innate talent and sheer grit got her to the threshold but it was a healthy dose of luck that nudged doors open; luck that served as the unreliable substitute to the universal key that is whiteness. Instead she simply tells the facts - the truth - the ugly stories — unapologetic stories from early childhood to present day.

Finding Me is raw and honest, and it feels like you are sitting in a room with Viola, and she is telling you about her life. Viola doesn’t attempt to soften the blow or make-palatable the details of her impoverished childhood, the abuse she had suffered as a black woman, the hardships she had to endure as an aspiring and then even as a blossoming actor. Sometimes the novels chosen are new, often they are from the backlist and occasionally re-issued from way back.

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.