I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)

by Maya Angelou

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Maya Angelou's seven volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope and joy, achievement and celebration. In this first volume of her autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evoker her childhood with her grandmother in the American South of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover.

Book Details

ISBN13	9780860685111
ISBN10	086068511X
Series/Work	OL80021W View on OpenLibrary
Publisher	Virago Press
Language	ENG
Created At	January 30, 2025
Updated At	January 30, 2025
Last OL update	January 18, 2025

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