Mom and Me and Mom

'In the first decade of the twentieth 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 Maya Angelou, beloved and bestselling author I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS. 'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMA 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. '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 generous to a fault. She had nineteen talents - used ten. And was a real original. There is no duplicate' TONI MORRISON EAN: 9781844089154 Farbverschnitt: Generell werden die Bücher ohne Farbverschnitt geliefert, auch wenn die Abbildungen einen Farbverschnitt zeigen. Erscheinungsjahr: 06.03.2014 Produktform: Kartoniert Autoren: Angelou, Maya Seitenzahl/Blattzahl: 195 Themenüberschrift: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General Keyword: autobiography series; autobiography; Maya Angelou; Bestselling author; award winning author; prize winning author; American literature; American Author; American Writer; American poet; vmc; virago modern classics; virago; virago books; virago autobiographies; memoir; black writers; black female writers; twentieth century autobiographies; Civil Rights Movement; USA; American; African American Women; African American Writers; inspiring; Hachette; Little Brown Book Group; Little Brown; Female empowerment; women's stories; women's poems; women's experiences; women's writing; women's non-fiction; literary non-fiction; St Louis; Missouri; identity; African American; political non-fiction; politics Fachschema: Erinnerung / Literatur~Englische Bücher / Biografie, Erinnerung~Frauenforschung~Gender Studies / Frauenforschung~Geschlechterforschung / Frauenforschung Fachkategorie: Memoiren, Berichte/Erinnerungen~Literaturwissenschaft: 1900 bis 2000~Gender Studies: Frauen und Mädchen, Autobiografien: Literatur Region: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, USA Sprache: Englisch Imprint-Titels: Virago Press Verlag: Little, Brown Book Group Länge: 195 mm Breite: 123 mm Höhe: 20 mm Gewicht: 196 gr Genre: Importe