ISBN: | 9781844089147 |
Publisher: | VIRAGO |
Published: | 11 April, 2013 |
Format: | Hardcover |
Language: | English |
Links | Australian Libraries (Trove) |
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'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.
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