It has been over two decades ago now since Robin Givens was discovered by Bill
Cosby and graced television screen with her appearance on The Cosby Show.
Since that time she has starred in several television series and appeared in
numerous made for television movies. She has also starred in many feature
films among the most notable of which has been Rage in Harlem with Academy
award winner Forrest Wittaker which was nominated at Cannes for the Palm Dor
Award and Boomerang also starring Eddie Murphy which has become quite a film
classic.
Ms. Givens never neglects to say that her favorite starring role, the one which
fills her heart and monopolizes her time is that of mother, she has two sons.
But in spite or perhaps because of all of the challenges in her life she has
still found the time and the passion to develop yet another art form and to
give birth to yet another creation. Robin Givens is now an author,not simply a
biographer but a story teller. "I wanted to begin this episode of my life with
my own story and my hope is this is only a beginning. There are so many
stories to be told, some that may not be told unless I tell them. This is my
goal. This is my drive. This is my new passion."
And Robin begins this episode of her life with a book that has been called
"remarkable" by Larry King. It has been given 4.5 stars out of 5 by
Amazon.com. It is indeed remarkable. A remarkable beginning for another
episode the life of a remarkably beautiful woman both outside and most of all
"in". Yet, it is just a beginning. "Everyone," says Robin, "has been through
something. Everyone has a story to tell." Grace Will Lead Me Home is hers.
About Grace Will Lead Me Home
In Grace Will Lead Me Home, Robin Givens delves into the rich history of her
sprawling Southern family to explore the sustenance offered by a strong faith
in God and celebrate the indomitable spirit of its women and matriarchs.
Rummaging through their memories and searching through the past, she uncovers
the secret legacy of domestic violence and its consequences that haunted her
own life and her family. In this intelligent meditative memoir Robin bring to
life the amazing women from her grandmother Grace, to the sorority of aunts
from Lexington, Kentucky to Harlem, and to her beloved mother who blazed a
trail of independence and determination for her to follow when her own path was
rocky.
Robin also makes it clear that she is a tenacious survivor of more than her
volatile marriage to Mike Tyson. Her vividly evoked journey takes her through
her own dark days and painful nights to the other side into, as she says, her
own state of grace.
From early on, Robin Givens was groomed to achieve. As an honor student at
Sarah Lawrence, she debuted on the Cosby Show and went on to television and
film success. She was a golden girl. And then she was confronted with
challenges in life that she did not expect and could not have anticipated
challenges for which she was ill prepared by her education and by her family
experience. These challenges, she would learn, are what force us to grow, help
us to evolve and give us each our story to tell. But, Robin Givens refused to
be crippled and looked to her belief and her family, to draw strength. It is
through her children and her stalwart mother and sister, that she has been able
to come to terms with her challenges, her faith and ultimately herself Grace
Will Lead Me Home is an extraordinary yet poignantly universal story.
