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This woman blows me away with her honesty, sharing her struggle to grow into the magnificent woman and writer she is today.


I was shocked and surprised at many of her stories and humbled.


Her first 3 autobiographies gave me a view I didn't understand before of what it was and is like to be black in America. These books should be assigned reading in school.

With each famous person I read about, again and again, I am reminded that the person they became was not how they started out nor is it the whole story.

The people I most admire are those who grew and changed and transcended sometimes horrific events and seemingly insurmountable challenges.

Most often, they never had a plan to travel to where they finally ended up. They often made huge mistakes and took what initially seemed to be huge detours. But, they all had the courage to keep moving forward. Each was seemingly defeated time and time again, but kept getting up to try again.