Just As I Am, written in collaboration with Oprah Magazine founding editor Michelle Burford, will be released on January 26, 2021. “At 95, I’m only beginning to fully understand my identity,” Tyson said in a statement. “The accolades, the lights, the glamour and glitter—they’re all just ornaments on a tree.
It is only a tree’s roots, its origins beneath the soil, that can reveal its entire story.”“Every one of my experiences on the public stage has been rooted in my upbringing, those years spent at my mother’s elbow and in the pews of my church.
That was my world. And that foundation, that core, led me to a lifetime of growth—a wondrous journey that has made me who I am,” she continued.The book will detail not only her friendships with.
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