Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, Poems, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now [Paperback]

Maya Angelou (Author)

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• Paperback
• Publisher: Bantam Dell Pub Group (p) (1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0553648500
• ISBN-13: 978-0553648508
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.2 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,359,259 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A brief view into the heart of a brilliant woman., July 5, 1998

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This review is from: Maya Angelou: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas, Poems, Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now (Paperback)

I plowed through these four stories within a few days. I could not tear myself away from them. I am still hungering to know what happened to her after the last book. Maya Angelou has shown me that life is a fluid thing, you are not locked into the path you see in front of you-but you are locked into doing what makes your soul sing. I am a white woman from the South, a descendant of the very people who made her want to flee and to lash out. I was born in the early 1970s and know first hand the harsh face of racism, the things I heard my family and close family friends say would make me angry, I never understood the difference between blacks and whites. Her words have inspired me like none other. I applaud her for pulling herself out of her situation and hope that other oppressed people the world over have a chance to see with the clarity she did that their lives are not in vain and they can make a difference.