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What I Know for Sure

My Story of Growing Up in America

By Tavis Smiley

By Tavis Smiley

By Tavis Smiley

By Tavis Smiley

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Jan 08, 2008 | ISBN 9780385721721

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Jan 08, 2008 | ISBN 9780307389473

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    About What I Know for Sure

    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.

    About What I Know for Sure

    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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    About Tavis Smiley

    Tavis Smiley is the host of Tavis Smiley, The Tavis Smiley Show, and Tavis Talks, as well as a regular commentator on ABC radio’s popular Tom Joyner Morning Show. He is the author of the bestsellers How to Make Black America Better, Doing What’s… More about Tavis Smiley

    About Tavis Smiley

    Tavis Smiley is the host of Tavis Smiley, The Tavis Smiley Show, and Tavis Talks, as well as a regular commentator on ABC radio’s popular Tom Joyner Morning Show. He is the author of the bestsellers How to Make Black America Better, Doing What’s… More about Tavis Smiley

    Product Details

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Paperback | $13.95
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 08, 2008 | 272 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780385721721

    Category: Arts & Entertainment Biographies & Memoirs

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Anchor
    Jan 08, 2008 | 272 Pages | ISBN 9780307389473

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    Praise

    “Engaging and compelling. . . . A down-home tale of how one survives, learns and grows in a discordant world into something bigger and better.” —Los Angeles Times“A remarkable memoir about one of America’s most popular media figures.” —Ebony“Astounding.”—Philadelphia Inquirer “Revealing. . . . May surprise even those fans who have followed his career for years.” —Essence

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