Finding out more about this author's life is always interesting. She tells about the good and the bad and how she felt, and she always seems to keep a good outlook on life. It helps me to get over some of the petty things in my own life.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is the first of seven memoirs that Maya Angelou wrote. This book tells of her life from childhood to the age of seventeen - the years 1928 to 1945. The story is a harsh and sad one, dealing with poverty, racism, abandonment, rape, sexual abuse, and teenage pregnancy. ...
This is a good book, but I am not in love. It is a memoir of the author’s childhood and adolescence in the 1930s and 40s, in the segregated South and later in California. It is certainly a well-written book, with vividly drawn scenes – the reader must accept a certain amount of creative license, as ...
A modern classic, this book traces the early life of renowned poet Maya Angelou. Growing up in small town Arkansas wasn't easy. Segregation and racism were the rule and it was so accepted that any sort of rebellion was unheard of, despite the downtrodden nature of a people who still worked the cotto...
I am sure that better reviewers than me have waxed poetically about the greatness that is this memoir by Maya Angelou. I am just going to be one more person that says that this book hands down is fantastic. There were times that I cried while reading and times that I smiled. I am very happy that I ...
Uno di quei libri autobiografici che ti lasciano con la domanda: ma quanto è storia vissuta e quanto è inventato? Intenso, forte, a volte persino da far male, soprattutto perché ripercorre gli anni della segregazione razziale dal punto di vista di una ragazzina ragazzina nera che non può fare altro ...
So disappointing. The pacing was wrong off. It felt like she took her time all through the book (her younger years) then decided to hurry the story along the last 50 pages. Is this book suppose to have one that follows it? I saw some complaints from readers saying the rape was explicit. I didn't thi...
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a personal account told in the voice of a child cleverly reconstructed by an adult narrator. Through the observations of Maya, the child, comes a coming-of-age story - a social record of a young black female growing up in the 1930s. As an historical document 'Caged...
I know why the caged bird sings & this book changed my life forever! If you have ever been locked inside yourself wondering what's the point you will definitely find the reason here! Maya Angelou was an amazing woman who's stories & poems will outlive time!
This is a celebrated memoir of a major contemporary American poet, Maya Angelou. The book is often found on recommendation lists and is often assigned in American high schools. It's her coming of age story, detailing Angelou's life up to seventeen years old. Her childhood was spent mostly in the seg...
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