Finding Me

A Memoir

By: Viola Davis

Narrated by: Viola Davis

Winner of the 2023 GRAMMY Award for Best Spoken Word or Non-Musical Album.

Finalist for the 2023 AUDIE AWARDS® for Audiobook of the Year and Narration by the Author

Finding Me is the deeply personal, brutally honest account of Viola's inspiring life, from her coming of age in Rhode Island to her present-day career.

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 and my strength, but also to finding my voice in a world that didn't always see me.

As I wrote Finding Me, my eyes were open to the truth of how our stories are often not given close examination. They are bogarted, reinvented to fit into a crazy, competitive, judgmental world. So I wrote this for anyone who is searching for a way to understand and overcome a complicated past, let go of shame and find acceptance. 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.

Finding Me is a deep reflection on my past and a promise for my future. My hope is that my story will inspire you to light up your own life with creative expression and rediscover who you were before the world put a label on you.

©2022 Viola Davis (P)2022 HarperCollins Publishers

Honesty and vulnerability

There's so muvh Ive lived and experienced that Ive only shared with one or 2 people. But youve gottwn me to a point where speaking about it is even imaginable. Thank you for sharing this stoey in a way that reminds us to have hope, to hold on even in the seasons.

love, Mel

A captivating story

This book is written and narrated with such honesty and such beauty! I am in awe of the depth and vastness of the life that Viola Davis has lived and writes about in this stunning autobiography.

Highly recommend

Fantastic! I could not stop listening!
Highly recommended.
When we see an actor we seldom see the struggle behind the success.

Lessons taken from the Memoir

Loved it. It's the reality of what many people face in terms of life hardships in one way or another. It also keeps one motivated knowing that people out there have faced challenges but kept their heads above the water and overcomed them.

The perfect memoir

I’m stunned. Viola’s beautiful memoir will stay with me for a long time. Absolutely breathtaking and beautifully told.