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Finding me [large print] / Viola Davis.

Davis, Viola, 1965- (author.).

Summary:

"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. 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 but also my voice in a world that didn't always see me. As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get to some form of self-love. For anyone who needs reminding that a life worth living can only be born from radical honesty and the courage to shed facades and be ... you"-- Page [4] of cover.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0063211092
  • ISBN: 9780063211094
  • ISBN: 9781648386312
  • Physical Description: 355 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
  • Edition: large print, 1st Harper edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Ebony Magazine Publishing, Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2022]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Running -- My world -- Central Falls -- 128 -- Minefield -- My calling -- The sisterhood -- Secret, silent, shame -- The muse -- The starting block -- Being seen -- Taking flight -- The blooming -- Coming into me -- The wake-up -- Harnessing bliss -- There she is.
Subject:
Davis, Viola, 1965-
Actors > United States > Biography.
Actresses > Biography.
African American actresses > Biography.
African American women > Biography.
Self-realization in women > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Large print books.

Available copies

  • 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Onslow County Public Library. (Show)

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  • 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
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Jacksonville Main Library LP BIO DAVIS (Text) 36015000421764 Adult Biography Available -
Columbus Library LP B DAVIS (Text) 31250200082335 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Goldsboro Library LP B DAVIS (Text) 900000001011015 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Henderson Main Branch DAVIS (Text) 33258009557617 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Lee County Main Library LP BIO DAVIS (Text) 33262003274772 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Mocksville L B DAVIS (Text) 39872001975918 Adult Large Print Biography Checked out 06/01/2026
Neuse Rover LT B DAVIS (Text) 39149008242638 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Reidsville Library LP B Davis (Text) 31554010862737 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -
Rural Hall Branch LP B DAVIS, VIOLA (Text) 0112523476779 Adult Large Print Biography Available -
Southwest Brunswick Library LP B DAVIS (Text) 31427000607232 Adult Large Print Nonfiction Available -