I got this book as a Sky VIP gift, an audiobook which I downloaded but put aside as I’m not a fan of audiobooks. Well I must have been listening to the wrong type of audiobook as I couldn’t put this one down, and absolutely drank it in over 3 days.
I think Viola Davis is an absolute Queen, and this book, her story, is amazing. And as its Black History Month too, this was a brilliant one to read.
The first line is probably the best first line I’ve read. ‘C**ksucker Motherf***er! And in my opinion, it has to be listened to to get the full impact.
I loved listening to her voice, and her talking about her parents. How they grew up, they weren’t poor she says, they were Po’.Listening to her talk about the relationship between her mother and father was hard, she talks about the beatings, the arguments, and one really scary memory of her father trying to break her mothers legs. I can’t even imagine what it was like growing up like that, so no one can understand fully why she still loved her daddy so much until the very end. I did however, kind of get it, and loved hearing of her parents being so proud of her career and seeing her perform.
She has a great relationship with her whole family, including siblings, and some really good friends. But she was also so lonely a lot of the time, plenty of people around, but lonely all the same. Hearing what she went through as a black child growing up around different skinned folk. Being called the worst names, beaten for her skin colour. My heart broke for that little girl.
She broke into the industry on her own merit, she pushed and pushed until she got what it was she wanted. And what she very much deserved. I liked listening to her stories about other actors she met, other brilliant women she acted alongside. But mostly, how important it was to her to play the right kind of roles.
Viola is an amazing, beautiful, strong black woman. And I really would recommend everyone read (or listen) to her story.
Thank you Viola.
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