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Just as I am : a memoir / Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; foreword by Viola Davis.

Tyson, Cicely, (author.). Burford, Michelle, (author.). Davis, Viola, 1965- (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.

Record details

ISBN: 9780062931061
ISBN: 0062931067
ISBN: 9780063072565
ISBN: 0063072564
Physical Description: xvi, 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A mighty seed / Viola Davis -- This life -- The vow -- String bean -- Church girl -- Transitions -- The other America -- Unspoken -- Ground shifts -- Divinely guided -- Shoulder taps -- Center stage -- Riverside Park -- Going natural -- 1968 -- Rebecca -- Jane Pittman -- Endings and beginnings -- The ladder -- Roots -- Thanksgiving Day -- Threadbare -- Lesson before dying -- A strong harvest -- Trip to bountiful -- When great trees fall -- Just as I am.