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The book that almost caused a break-up. After dating my ex for several years he pulled this off his shelf one day and said he thought I might like to read it. So I did. And then I was furious with him for not giving it to me sooner! Don't wait for some louse guy to give it to you ladies...read it now!
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I was only really familiar with Maya Angelou through her poems. I bought this book for my mother when I was in middle school and here I am nearly fifteen years later, reading it myself.
There were just so many moments that made me laugh, cheer and cry. Maya Angelou is simply a wonderful writer who has overcome such extraordinary circumstances, most not of her own doing but one major one of her own. As she said, "I had accepted my plight as the hapless, put-upon victim of fate and the Furies, but ...more
There were just so many moments that made me laugh, cheer and cry. Maya Angelou is simply a wonderful writer who has overcome such extraordinary circumstances, most not of her own doing but one major one of her own. As she said, "I had accepted my plight as the hapless, put-upon victim of fate and the Furies, but ...more
This book was more of an autobiography (I was born, then this happened, then this happened) than a memoir (a life story structured around a theme), and I was expecting the latter, so I was a little disappointed. Still, Maya Angelou had a remarkable ability to capture the years of her childhood so that they sounded unfiltered by the adult she'd become. Her characters were also incredibly vivid, her sense of place to a slightly lesser extent. There were times in the second half of the book when it
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May 29, 2014
Jen Wheeler
marked it as to-read
May 29, 2014
Kim
marked it as to-read
Aug 02, 2014
Megan
marked it as to-read
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