The first of five volumes of autobiography describing Angelou's
often traumatic life is written with the pen of a poet who never
loses her courage, resilience and optimism. Her story opens with
her brilliantly evoked childhood in the American South of the
1930s, and the birth of her son shortly after graduating from High
School. She goes on to describe her years in the slums of San
Francisco, the lucky break which led to her transformation into a
successful singer and dancer, her moves into writing and politics,
and the relationship with her son Guy. (Kirkus UK)
The international classic and bestseller, Maya Angelou's memoir
paints a portrait of 'a brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a
truly phenomenal woman' (BARACK OBAMA). 'I write about being a
Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it's
like to be a human being. This is how we are, what makes us laugh,
and this is how we fall and how we somehow, amazingly, stand up
again' Maya Angelou In this first volume of her seven books of
autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with
her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. Loving the
world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known
discrimination, violence and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy,
achievement and celebration. 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou
confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous
dignity' JAMES BALDWIN 'She moved through the world with
unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will
always be the rainbow in my clouds' OPRAH WINFREY 'She was
important in so many ways. She launched African American women
writing in the United States. She was generous to a fault. She had
nineteen talents - used ten. And was a real original. There is no
duplicate' TONI MORRISON
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