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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.
"Robin Miles delivers a virtuoso performance…Her dramatic skills…[and] vocal beauty and sophistication are a big reason this audio will impact listeners in this way…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."
"I listened enthralled."
"One of the two or three best as-told-to show business memoirs ever, a masterpiece of candor and righteous observation."
"With astonishing candor, Ethel Waters tells her dramatic and dazzling story…Hers is both an engrossing record of a topsy-turvy career and, just as importantly, an invaluable social document that traces the changing landscape for African American entertainers in the first half of the twentieth century."
"Robin Miles delivers a virtuoso performance…Her dramatic skills…[and] vocal beauty and sophistication are a big reason this audio will impact listeners in this way…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award."
"I listened enthralled."
"One of the two or three best as-told-to show business memoirs ever, a masterpiece of candor and righteous observation."
"With astonishing candor, Ethel Waters tells her dramatic and dazzling story…Hers is both an engrossing record of a topsy-turvy career and, just as importantly, an invaluable social document that traces the changing landscape for African American entertainers in the first half of the twentieth century."