A beautiful new edition of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS the iconic beloved and deeply
moving first volume of Maya Angelou's autobiography. *** 'The international classic and
bestseller Maya Angelou's memoir paints a portrait of 'a brilliant writer a fierce friend and
a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA 'One of my favourites' TINA KNOWLES 'I write about
being a Black American woman however I am always talking about what it's like to be a human
being. This is how we are what makes us laugh and this is how we fall and how we somehow
amazingly stand up again' Maya Angelou In this first volume of her seven books of
autobiography Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the
American south of the 1930s. Loving the world she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she
has known discrimination violence and extreme poverty but also hope joy achievement and
celebration. ' 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 'She moved through the world with unshakeable calm confidence and a fierce grace . .
. She will always be the rainbow in my clouds' OPRAH WINFREY 'She was important in so many
ways. She launched African American women writing in the United States. She was a real
original. There is no duplicate' TONI MORRISON 'H eartbreaking beautiful and inspiring in
equal measure . . . a landmark work of literature' TELEGRAPH
