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This is the story of Marguerite and her brother, Bailey, who were raised by their grandma and uncle after having being abandoned by their own parents.
With 8-years old, Maya suffers her first violent act by being raped.
The second part of this book describes how both brothers have grown up in San Francisco with World War II emerging in the meantime.
The whole book shows how racial segregation and racism have affected African-American people. Despite of this, Marguerite was able to find some sense t ...more
With 8-years old, Maya suffers her first violent act by being raped.
The second part of this book describes how both brothers have grown up in San Francisco with World War II emerging in the meantime.
The whole book shows how racial segregation and racism have affected African-American people. Despite of this, Marguerite was able to find some sense t ...more
This book was on my shelves waiting to be read for awhile. It was very good, I especially liked the way it was written, almost as a series of short vignettes. A very candid autobiography, at times funny, poignant and uplifting, it tells us what it was like to grow up black in the rural South during the thirties and forties. Angelou is an extremely and poetic writer.
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