Finding Me: A Memoir

“As a Black family in Providence, her parents had a hard time finding jobs. They were so poor they had no new clothes. There was abuse in the family, and abuse in the neighborhood. She talks about getting bullied at school, how her teachers mistreated her because she was Black and also poor. She didn’t smell good because she wet her bed. Her parents couldn’t help with that either, because they were so stressed. What she demonstrates is the deep stress of poverty, and how that stress creates more opportunities for abuse and for discrimination. It’s a harrowing read, but it’s also really inspiring because she talks about how hard she worked to figure out how to get out of it. She was the only one of her siblings who was able to get up and out. She’s really one in a million. This is not an example of how people should do it…If people could read this memoir, they would have a sense of camaraderie with her, of solidarity and love that maybe will expand their hearts so that they can start to take action in the United States to change things.” Read more...

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Viola Davis became an EGOT winner in 2023 (she’s won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award) with the Grammy for her narration of her memoir Finding Me. Davis brings her award-winning powerful performance to the narration. Finding Me is a compelling listen.

Narrator: Viola Davis

Listening time: 9 hours and 15 minutes

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