Just as I am : a memoir
The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career.
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- ISBN: 9780062931061
- Physical Description xvi, 416 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
- Edition First edition.
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2021.
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Table of Contents
Just As I Am : A Memoir
Section | Section Description | Page Number |
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Foreword A Mighty Seed Viola Davis | p. vii | |
Introduction This Life | p. xiii | |
Part 1 | Planted | |
1 | The Vow | p. 3 |
2 | String Bean | p. 10 |
3 | Church Girl | p. 33 |
4 | Transitions | p. 47 |
5 | The Other America | p. 58 |
6 | Unspoken | p. 76 |
7 | Ground Shifts | p. 94 |
8 | Divinely Guided | p. 108 |
9 | Shoulder Taps | p. 117 |
10 | Center Stage | p. 138 |
Part 2 | Rooted | |
11 | Riverside Park | p. 163 |
12 | Going Natural | p. 186 |
13 | 1968 | p. 204 |
14 | Rebecca | p. 223 |
15 | Jane Pittman | p. 241 |
16 | Endings and Beginnings | p. 254 |
17 | The Ladder | p. 266 |
18 | Roots | p. 275 |
19 | Thanksgiving Day | p. 299 |
20 | Threadbare | p. 317 |
21 | Lesson Before Dying | p. 333 |
Part 3 | Bountiful | |
22 | A Strong Harvest | p. 353 |
23 | Trip to Bountiful | p. 369 |
24 | When Great Trees Fall | p. 382 |
25 | Just as I Am | p. 390 |
Acknowledgments | p. 401 | |
Dedication | p. 407 | |
Index | p. 408 |