His Eye Is on the Sparrow: An Autobiography Book

Miss. Waters grew up in the Jim Crow south among whores, pimps, thieves, alcoholics, drug addicts, gangsters and a world of much violence. Yet she survived to write her story about her love of God and how she overcame many an obstacle in the entertainment business and in life.

Now, sixty-one years after writing the book - I have questions. First, the voice of Miss Waters and her ghost writer are very distinct. Sometimes the writing is very raw, clearly Miss Waters' perspective, and sometimes the writing flows with fancy syllabic words and phrases, clearly not Miss Waters' voice. I'm sure that there was a battle between the two and the ghost writer just gave in rather than fight her on every little point. I wish she had been assigned a better writer who could have translated her stories, feelings and emotions more eloquently rather than providing a mere grocery list of name and locations.