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    <body><![CDATA[My current love affair of Maya Angelou's memoirs continues.  In this book she becomes involved with show business working as both a nightclub singer and eventually in a company of Porgy and Bess that tours Europe. At one point she is even married to a Greek guy.  Meanwhile she deals with the guilt o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/40466552">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[You might think, considering I'd never even heard of Maya Angelou before, let alone read any of her poems, that it was a bit odd I chose to read part of her autobiography, much less the <em>third</em> part of her autobiography.<br/><br/>I was at a booksigning in a library with my aunt, and it was moving ki...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13833113">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[(269 pgs.)  Second in the autobiographies of Maya Angelou.  I enjoyed this book but was surprised about Angelou's frankness about her own &quot;racism&quot; and how she grew out of it. First autobiography is I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Third is Gather Together In My Name. (I haven't read this o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45661827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Ms. Angelou's autobiographical account of her entertainment career and youth had me laughing,nodding my head and craving more.  I read this book in 2 days.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Read over the summer when i was in elementary school and she remains one of my favorite authors to this day!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Maya Angelou also performed in Porgy and Bess. Who knew? Is there anything she can't do?]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas by Maya Angelou (1985)]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[i really liked learning about maya angelou's young adult life as a mom and a performer, maybe it's because i have also spent a lot of time touring that the last half of the book left me a little dazed and spun-out...  it was well written, she's really good at describing her young self, her motivatio...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7246081">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[see other maya angelou book comments]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[An old favorite.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I really enjoy reading these books.  I didn't know a lot of the Ms. Angelou's back story before I began, so everything is fresh and surprising and exciting - like I'm sure it must have been for her.  It's nice to see her enjoying some time compared to the struggles in the first two volumes.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Volume 3 of Maya Angelou's autobiography.  Lots of interesting details about her travels in Africa and Europe (and even a mention of Montreal!) with the touring production of Porgy and Bess, but why is her young son, whom we've known as Guy for two books, suddenly called &quot;Clyde&quot;?   ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I read all the Maya Angelou books right after high school. I started with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and couldn't stop. Maya Angelou is an amazing writer. <br/><br/>The sad part, is that I barely remember the meat of these books anymore...I think it's time for a re-read.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I swear, this woman can <em>write</em>!  I get as engrossed in the story of her life as I would with a novel.  This portion of her story covers the beginnings of her rise to fame.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[How can the title not make you smile ?<br/><br/>:)<br/><br/>Triumph. Travels to Europe and vibrant, colorful Africa.<br/><br/>Chronicles Angelou reclaiming life for herself - a page turner.<br/><br/>Book three - probably the most fun to read in the series.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Don't give up, even though more crappy things are bound to happen in the future. You'll come out on top eventually. Well actually, I haven't gotten to the part of her life that isn't miserable yet.  But I'm sure it is coming.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[first hundred pages interesting on single motherhood life in 60s San Francisco.  Rest is a self-promoting euro travel diary.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Yawn. This was my least favorite of Maya Angelou's autobiographies. It could not hold my attention like the others did.]]></body>
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