EAN: 9780345514400

I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS - MAYA ANGELOU ...

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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