Just as I Am : A Memoir by Cicely Tyson

"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 Freedom 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 a?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
Binding: Hardback