His Eye Is on the Sparrow by Ethel Waters audiobook

His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography

By Ethel Waters, with Charles Samuels
Preface by Donald Bogle
Read by Robin Miles, with Preface read by Grover Gardner

Blackstone Publishing 9780306804779

Unabridged

Format : Library CD (In Stock)
  • 3 Formats: CD
  • 3 Formats: Library CD
  • 3 Formats: MP3 CD

  • ISBN: 9798200810086

  • ISBN: 9798200810079

  • ISBN: 9798200810093

Runtime: 12.74 Hours
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Audience: Adult
Language: English
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Summary

Summary

Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

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.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“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.” —AudioFile
“I listened enthralled.” —New York Times
“One of the two or three best as-told-to show business memoirs ever, a masterpiece of candor and righteous observation.” —Gary Giddins, music critic and author
“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.” —Donald Bogle, author of Hollywood Black

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Author

Author Bio: Ethel Waters

Author Bio: Ethel Waters

Ethel Waters (1896–1977) was an American singer and actress who began her career in the 1920s singing blues. Waters’s notable recordings include “Dinah,” “Stormy Weather,” “Taking a Chance on Love,” “Heat Wave,” and her version of “His Eye Is on the Sparrow.” Waters was the second African American to be nominated for an Academy Award, and the first African American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award.

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Details

Details

Available Formats : CD, Library CD, MP3 CD
Category: Nonfiction/Biography & Autobiography
Runtime: 12.74
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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