What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America
by Tavis Smiley
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Author: Tavis SmileyEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-01-08
ISBN: 0385721722
Number of pages: 272
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: What I Know for Sure by Tavis Smiley
Summary: 4 Stars
This book helped me to understand how Tavis Smiley became who he is today. His family, community and church had a strong influence of his behaviors and thoughts as a speaker and commentator,
Summary of What I Know for Sure: My Story of Growing Up in America
From the man who catapulted the Covenant with Black America to number one on the New York Times bestseller list comes a searing memoir of poverty, ambition, pain and atonment.Tavis Smiley grew up in a family of thirteen in rural Indian, where money was scarce and the sight of other black faces even scarcer. Always an outsider because of his race, economic background, and Pentecostal religious beliefs, he was sustained by his family?s love. But one day his world was shattered when his father brutally beat him, sending him to the hospital and then into foster care for a period of time. In What I Know for Sure, Smiley recounts how he overcame his painful history and became one of America?s most popular media figures.
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