Edition |
First Harper Large Print edition. |
Description |
355 pages (large print), 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm |
Physical Medium |
large print rdafs |
Contents |
Running -- My world -- Central Falls -- 128 -- Minefield -- My calling -- The sisterhood -- Secret, silent, shame -- The muse -- The starting block -- Being seen -- Taking flight -- The blooming -- Coming into me -- The wake-up -- Harnessing bliss -- There she is. |
Summary |
"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. This is my story, from a crumbling apartment in Central Falls, Rhode Island, to the stage in New York City, and beyond. This is the path I took to finding my purpose but also my voice in a world that didn't always see me. As I wrote [this book], my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. We are forced to reinvent them to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone running through life untethered, desperate and clawing their way through murky memories, trying to get some form of self-love. 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."--Back cover |
Subject |
Davis, Viola, 1965-
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Large type books.
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Genre/Form |
Large type books.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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ISBN |
9780063211094 (paperback ; large print) |
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0063211092 (paperback ; large print) |
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