Finding Me: A Memoir

OPRAH’S BOOK CLUB PICK • A HARPERS BAZAAR BEST BOOK OF 2022 • A PARADE  MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK • A MARIE CLAIRE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK

“It’s  clear from the first page that Davis is going to serve a more intimate,  unpolished account than is typical of the average (often ghost-written)  celebrity memoir; Finding Me reads like Davis is sitting you down for a  one-on-one conversation about her life, warts and all.”—USA Today

“[A]  fulfilling narrative of struggle and success….Her gorgeous storytelling  will inspire anyone wishing to shed old labels.”—Los Angeles Times


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 Finding Me, 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 to 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.

Finding Me is a deep reflection, a promise, and a  love letter of sorts to self. 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.