Reviewing the book in The Washington Post, Gerald Early felt, "The best part of this autobiography.is Simone's recollection of her childhood," but said "in the end, seems sketchy and self-defensive.She tells very little either about the times in which she lived, or about the people who were most instrumental to her growth after her childhood," noting his disappointment with this absence given she "occupied an influential and unusual place in American cultural history, attracting Cafe Society-type white audiences at the same time that she maintained her integrity with a politicized young black audience.
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