His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series)
by Ethel Waters, Charles Samuels
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Author: Charles Samuels, Ethel WatersEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1992-03-22
ISBN: 0306804778
Number of pages: 304
Publisher: Da Capo Press
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- ISBN13: 9780306804779
- Condition: New
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Book Review: The deeply touching autobiography of our greatest star
Summary: 5 Stars
This book ranks in my list as the greatest of all entertainer autobiographies. It is honest, painful, humorous, and very informative about a life rarely talked about, the life of black entertainers from the 1910's to the 1950's. Waters was the greatest and best-loved black star in America for virtually this entire period, and her story is an important one. She tells it as she might speak to you in a concert, in a mixture of unusual candor and delightful humor, and one cannot put it down. For anyone interested in the roots of jazz and pop singing or simply in the early black experience in vaudeville, theater, records, films and television, this is essential reading, for Waters was a pioneer and star in all of these media. The changes in her career direction and public image are unmatched by any other performer, and the story of how and why her career changed as it did makes for fascinating reading. Charles Samuels did a masterful job of communicating Waters "voice" in the autobiography; there are only a couple of pages where the voice doesn't ring true. Waters childhood and later adult anecdotes of her life before stardom would be fascinating reading even if they were not followed by the story of her rise to fame. The story of her life in show business is, in my opinion, unequalled in its breadth and its candor. Admittedly she can be supercilious and condescending to other entertainers at times, but for the most part she tells it like it was, detailing not just her highs but her many lows. I've read this book from cover to cover many times over the twenty year period I've known about it, though I was able to get my own copy only about five years ago. I can't recommend it strongly enough.
Summary of His Eye Is On The Sparrow: An Autobiography (Quality Paperbacks Series)
Ethel Waters's His Eye is on the Sparrow stands as perhaps the greatest autobiography of a black female performer, capturing both the horror and the joy of the African American woman's experience through the often bitter yet always forgiving voice of an indomitable spirit. This edition is supplemented with a new historical preface and over a dozen photographs.
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