Soul Work // Viola Davis' "Finding Me"
How do we choose grace and compassion? Viola Davis begins her memoir with a startling opening—"c***sucker, motherf*****r"—immediately signaling to my friend, Ngoc Anh and me that this won't be a sanitized Hollywood autobiography!!! What follows is a soul-baring journey that traces her path from extreme poverty to becoming one of the most celebrated actresses of our time.The raw honesty with which Viola describes her childhood is breathtaking. Growing up in Central Falls, Rhode Island, she and her family lived in a condemned building with holes in the walls, no consistent plumbing, and rat…
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