The acclaimed actor reveals the passion, spirituality, and intellectual fervor that have driven his life and career, citing the elements of his childhood that gave him his sense of worth and ethics.

In this candid spiritual memoir, legendary actor Sidney Poitier reflects on life itself as he reveals the spiritual depth, passion, and intellectual fervor that has driven his remarkable life. Poitier credits his childhood of poverty on idyllic Cat Island in the Bahamas for equipping him with the unflinching sense of self-worth, family values, and simple ethics that he has never since surrendered and that have dramatically shaped his world.

As a teenager, Donald Bailey leaves behind his home in California and sets out to make his mark on the world. Forty years later, during her father's final moments of his battle with cancer, Elizabeth Bailey recalls pivotal moments in her father's life. From his childhood spent in an orphanage to his growth into a hardworking man, loving husband, and dedicated father of seven children.