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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Reissue) (Paperback) by Maya Angelou

Name: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Reissue) (Paperback) by Maya Angelou
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SKU: 11400665
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Superbly told, with the poet's gift for language and observation, Angelou's autobiography of her childhood in racially charged Arkansas in the 1930s brings to vivid life a world which most Americans had no idea existed.

Book Synopsis

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou's debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mother's side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age--and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors ("I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare") will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.

Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

"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

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"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

About The Author

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.

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Dimensions (Overall): 6.93 Inches (H) x 4.32 Inches (W) x .83 Inches (D)

Weight: .33 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 289

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Literary Figures

Publisher: Ballantine Books

Format: Paperback

Author: Maya Angelou

Language: English

Street Date: April 1, 2009

TCIN: 11400665

UPC: 9780345514400

Item Number (DPCI): 059-02-0116

Origin: Made in the USA

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