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I Know Why the Caged Bird Singsby Angelou, Maya
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Book DescriptionWestminster, Maryland, U.S.A.: Bantam Books, 1991 Mass Market Paperback. Good. Book summaryIn this first volume of her celebrated collection of memoirs, the poet Maya Angelou describes in vivid, lyrical detail her childhood as a young black girl in the South.Media Reviews"[T]ell[s] of finding hope in the midst of loss and adversity, and about the triumph of the human spirit. In these days and times, it's the kind of reading many people may yearn for." -- Charlotte Observer First Line"What you looking at me for?/I didn't come to stay..." I hadn't so much forgot as I couldn't bring myself to remember. Other things were more important. Publisher NotesA phenomenal #1 bestseller that has appeared on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly three years, this memoir traces Maya Angelou's childhood in a small, rural community during the 1930s. Filled with images and recollections that point to the dignity and courage of black men and women,Angelou paints a sometimes disquieting, but always affecting picture of the people--and the times--that touched her life. The moving and beautiful autobiography of a talented black woman. ". . . I have no words for this achievement, but I know that not since the days of my childhood . . . have I found myself so moved . . . Her portrait is a Biblical study of life in the midst of death".--James Baldwin. Other Recommended Books
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