"Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson
"Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. Here, I am indeed Cicely, the actress who has been blessed to grace the stage and screen for six decades. Yet I am also the church girl who once rarely spoke a word. I am the teenager who sought solace in the verses of the old hymn for which this book is named. I am a daughter and mother, a sister, and a friend. I am an observer of human nature and the dreamer of audacious dreams. I am a woman who has hurt as immeasurably as I have loved, a child of God divinely guided by His hand. And here in my ninth decade, I am a woman who, at long last, has something meaningful to say.” –Cicely Tyson
| ISBN-13: | 9780063032323 |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
| Publication date: | 01/26/2021 |
| Product dimensions: | 5.20(w) x 5.70(h) x 1.50(d) |
Robin Miles’s name is synonymous with Audie Award winner, AudioFile Golden Voice, Earphones Award winner, and Audible’s Narrator Hall of Fame. Her narration journey started with a botched audition for the American Foundation for the Blind. Her Broadway talents got in the way — their critique was to “over enunciate”, not over act. Luckily, they […]
