Finding Me: The Grammy-winning memoir

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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. 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. Feeling like I was in the room listening to her story made me want to reach out and hug her and let her know that she is worthy and how her light shines through in the world.

Throughout the memoir, she recounts specific scenes, conversations, and events so the book felt immersive rather than boring. Thus the Davis children reeked of urine, to the point where Viola's teacher whispered in her ear one day, "You need to tell your mother to get some soap and wash you!

Davis takes readers throughout the course her life from her childhood up until the present moments of her career. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc. Viola feared an entertainment career would not help her support herself, and she didn't want to live in poverty like her parents. Viola reading it to me (go with the audio, please, please) was an incredibly personal and intimate feeling. Paul listened to ‘parts’ - but not all of this book —-(he and I had several conversations—but he missed a lot of poignant parts)….

It's the story of a scared child geared up in a warrior armor, of a person who climbed her way out of her own personal hell hole with clenched teeth and an impressive amount of talent. Career-wise, after Viola got a role in the 1998 HBO movie 'The Pentagon Wars', there was a domino effect, and more television work came along.She is a true testament to perseverance while also acknowledging how detrimental it can be to refuse to let go, forgive, and heal from the past.