Publisher: | Virago |
Genres: | Nonfiction Books, Memoir Books, Feminism Books |
Authors: | Maya Angelou |
Pages: | 195 pages |
ISBN13: | 9781844089154 |
Tags: | Nonfiction Books, Memoir Books, Feminism Books, Free Books, PDF Books |
Language: | en |
Type: | Digital |
'In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.' So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to one of our most cherished literary treasures. Anyone who's read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result. While Angelou's six autobiographies tell of her out in the world, influencing and learning from statesmen and cultural icons, Mom & Me & Mom shares the intimate, emotional story about her own family.