This is Cicely's gift to us.

I loved this! rtc4.5 StarsListened to Audible. Robin Miles was of course brilliant!!

Reading Just As I Am, a 399 page statement on Cicely Tyson’s life of 96 years, and career spanning 7 decades— was an experience like no other. I, myself, am not a regular reader of celebrity memoirs, but this was one of kind. A gem like Cicely Tyson is a rarity. A gentle soul, filled with so much talent, experience, and wisdom. Which is why flipping from page-to-page I was refreshed by how she not only spoke about the events of her life, her memories of countless acting gigs, celebrity encounter...

Cicely Tyson was such as private person. I enjoyed hearing important details about her life. I disliked how she jumped around her timeline, but it's her story to tell. Like others, I never understood her appeal to Miles Davis. But her description of their love made me pity and respect her at the same time. I'd recommend this book to anyone who wants a deeper understanding of our American history through the eyes of a beautiful actress. Her recent death is our loss.

This book is well written and a thorough account of a well-lived life. Unfortunately it gets only three stars from me for entirely subjective reasons. Firstly, I found Cicely most unlikeable. Even when I agreed with her, I usually thought she was going about whatever situation in an irritating/stubborn manner, but her life circumstances were just so utterly different from mine that I can't fault her for that, but it affected the narrative. And the amount of supposed divine intervention knocked t...

What a woman!What a life!I not only highly recommend this memoir, but if you can, listen to her as she tells her stories with its challenges, wins, losses, and battles. You'll learn more than you can ever grasp. What an experience! Thank you, Ms. Tyson, and rest in tremendous power.5/5P.S. I took my time reading this book because her voice invited me to pull a chair and listen. So, I wanted to take my time savoring each syllable, knowing that it would be my last moment with her, outside of her f...

This was one of the best memoirs I’ve read! Ms. Tyson was an open book, raw but graceful as she told her life story. It was great to review the history of this country from point of view and learn more about her story. I will be honest and say there were times in which I was disappointed by some of the decisions she made in life but I admire how transparent she was about her feelings at the time. She lived a marvelous life and touched many, her impact will undoubtedly be felt for generations to

I love Cicely Tyson. She had a long beautiful life and an amazing career. The good thing about this book is the historical, political, and social context mixed within it. She’s lived so long and to see her perspective of significant historical events was a real treat because I find most of my most valuable understanding of the life experiences of Black women throughout history comes from memoirs, autobiographies, and historical fiction and historical romance. The 4 stars may be petty but the Mil...

Just as I Am by Cicely Tyson is the telling of a life well-lived. What a woman and what a life. I listened to the audio version which was read by Tyson. It is a fairly long book but the author, well into her nineties, read almost all of it. What a gift that was, hearing about her life in her own words and her own voice. We learn about how she grew up. She speaks to us about the loves of her life. And she takes us through her long career as an actor. This is a woman with the principles that follo...

It's fitting that Aretha Franklin's version of Mary, Don't You Weep started playing in the background as I began this review because Aretha was a dear friend of Ms. Tyson and because I found myself crying unexpectedly as I finished her memoir. And I say unexpectedly because I shed no tears when her death was first announced. In my mind, she'd lived a long and fascinating life and deserved to rest in eternal peace. So why did wrapping up her book move me so much?The first time I saw Cicely Tyson

Ms. Cicely Tyson lived a L I F E ! Ms. Tyson has lived through so much and busted open so 👏🏾many 👏🏾doors👏🏾!!! It was a true joy to read this work, she's given us the gift of her story to add to the legacy and Black History of the screen and stage. Ms. Tyson highlights the resiliency of Black women, by sharing the story and accomplishments of not only her own dreams, but the lives of her mother, and sister, aunts, peers, and friends. She shows the way that these women around her cut their way thr...

Bought this Hardcover version on 1/26/21 while Ms. Tyson was being interviewed by Gayle King. As soon as I heard Ms. Tyson published Just As I Am: A Memoir in the course of her speaking immediately purchased the book to read and be a reviewer.When I found out she passed away today before the book arrived have been mourning and reflecting. She’s been someone I've admired for many reasons. Not just as a star.Why I am so interested in the book is for her perspective on life. I'm in my mid-fifties a...

Whoa, what can I say about this book. I was expecting so much detail about her life and the things that had happened to her. I truly enjoyed this book. I love the fact that she was raw and honest in this book. This book made me laugh and at times brought me to tears. This book was worth the hype and so much more.

I cannot praise this book enough. My life was changed when I saw "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman" when I was 13 years old, and Cicely Tyson elevated our existence. To hear her story, her many stories, has inspired me anew, and I can only say "thank you," and "Rest in Peace" to someone whose life is more than "just" that of an actress, but a soul we should all try to emulate and learn from.

Amazing!!! What a life she lived!

‘Just walking through this life as a Black person, and actually surviving that, was and still is an ovation worthy performance.’I’m so in awe of what I just read and the timeliness of its release. Cicely Tyson is a Giant. She’s timeless. The concept of time is so crazy; here is a woman who was stirring a pot of sauce one moment and on the floor crying because she’d learned that Dr. Martin Luther King had been assassinated in Memphis and Also got to see President Barack Obama become the first bla...

Audiobook…read by Cicely Tyson, Viola Davis, & Robin Miles …..16 hours and 8 minutes ALL VOICES WERE TOP NOTCH. “The Story of the Actress Who Graced The Stage and Screen for Six Decades”……died Jan. 28th, 2021….at age 96. (two days after this autobiography was released). Geee….18,039 overall 5 star reviews! ……ooh la la….jeezie-gracious-wowzer…..the people got it right!! Cicely Tyson was a phenomenal actress…in great films. …. She bypassed age, gender, and racial discriminations! She died as a h...

My mother’s secret wasn’t any single ingredient. Her creations were a symphony of flavors, blended together perfectly with love immeasurably.”That quote was in reference to a broth Cicely Tyson’s mother made. It’s also about her daughter and her family. It’s an apt description of this book as well. The writing is exquisite and the memories Tyson shares are full of wisdom. She lays bare her childhood and how the difficult relationship between her parents and she and them colored her own relations...

50,000+ starsRequired reading, "on my bucket list" type of book. The audiobook is the way to go, it added another dimension to the experience that I can't quite describe. It was like drinking a cup of chai tea while snuggling up in those soft cotton-y blankets in bed, not wanting to get up, but wanting to just simply stay in the warm, cozy moment. Cicely Tyson is royalty and I could hear my mother and my grandmother's stories through her. I am truly grateful that this book was finished before sh...

Stunning.