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Just as I am, Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; [foreword by Viola Davis]

Label
Just as I am, Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; [foreword by Viola Davis]
Language
eng
Form of composition
not applicable
Format of music
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Literary text for sound recordings
autobiography
Main title
Just as I am
Medium
sound recording audiobook CD
Music parts
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Responsibility statement
Cicely Tyson ; with Michelle Burford ; [foreword by Viola Davis]
Summary
The Academy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning actor and trailblazer tells her stunning story, looking back at her life and six-decade career"'In her long and extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson has not only succeeded as an actor, she has shaped the course of history.' --President Barack Obama, 2016 Presidential Medal of Honor ceremony. 'Just As I Am is my truth. It is me, plain and unvarnished, with the glitter and garland set aside. In these pages, 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"--provided by publisher
Target audience
adult
Transposition and arrangement
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Classification
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