My Remarkable Journey: A Story of Self-Discovery and Growth in a Memoir

Droy Rider: Loved the movie, wanted to know more about Katherine Johnson and hope to find out everything about her with this book

United States on Sep 23, 2023

FL Traveler: Kathryn Johnson did an excellent job telling her journey throughout her life. I am from WV and very proud of her accomplishments. So happy “Hidden Figures” was made into a movie and I learned about her contribution to the Space Program. Well- written and thought provoking.

United States on Jun 25, 2023

Gary Graybeal: The women that were employed during the initial NASA flights to provide orbital parameters were an exceptionally talented group. NASA failed to give them earned recognition at time of their contributions.

United States on Jun 14, 2023

Railway Mike: Very interesting and moving story. Not as much on her NASA work as I had hoped.

United Kingdom on May 20, 2023

ClareD: Even after the success of the 'Hidden Figures' book and movie, Katherine Johnson decided to write her autobiography in her nineties. It wasn't only about her phenomenal career in the space industry (which I really appreciated, having spent the bulk of my career as well) she wrote about being a person of color in the south in the most tumultuous times of the civil rights movement. But it wasn't portrayed as drama- she did cover the major historical events, but as a backdrop. Her community was presented as ordinary colored/black people who lived their lives in the midst of it and worked through the hardships with church, strong community support, social gatherings, close family and good advice along the way- her Dad: "You're as good as anyone in this town, but you're no better." A completely different tone than anything that has been presented so far regarding the 50s and 60s. (I never felt like I was being lectured to).
An elegant unassuming genius who lived long enough to finally get the recognition she deserved- and, in addition, she was a good mother, wife (twice- first husband passed at an early age), teacher, seamstress, cook- Whew! Exhausts me just thinking about her...

United States on May 13, 2023

AvdRedr: Although having read Hidden Figures and seen the movie I was interested in reading Katherine Johnson’s Memoir to hopefully capture some of the more personal insights that might have been left out of the Hidden Figures story. Her book does that and shows what a life purposely lead could achieve in spite of the vagaries of life and the obstacles that are inevitably encountered. And she had more than her share.
Her recounting of her days and work at NASA Langley both during and after the early space work on getting to the moon are appreciated. This is something that the movie focuses on, but she is careful to point to the realities and where the producers took “artistic liberty” to compress the story. I especially liked her comment, repeatedly made, was that her focus was on her work and getting the job done to the best of her abilities, regardless of attitudes of some towards her race and gender. As a former employee there, I found that “getting the job done” was the dominant attitude of most of the employees I knew. Race and gender were not an issue for most, but there are always exceptions. And as she pointed out, for most of those, she educated them to the world she...

United States on Aug 25, 2021

Dr Brailery Sims: A compelling read. Paints a vivid picture of what life was like for a gifted black woman (Katherine Johnson) growing up in rural pre and post WW2 America, and of her involvement in the "space race" during the 1950s and 60s. Giving a more factual and detailed account than that in the feature film, "Hidden Figures".

Australia on Jul 20, 2021

Amazon Customer: Thoroughly enjoyable book which makes me wish l had mer this inspirational lady.

United Kingdom on Jul 04, 2021

Robthegr8: Read this amazing book in two and a half days, a real page turner

Canada on Jul 03, 2021