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- Pagine: 264
- Data di uscita: 27-05-2015
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I really enjoyed this book. It was required reading for a University course I took on Adolescent Literature. This book has been placed on banned book lists by needlessly close-minded people for it's real life content. The book tastefully addresses issues of molestation, rape, racism. But it does so wi Leggi tutto
in the greatest title of all time rankings, this one's a pretty big contender. it's also, perhaps more importantly, a truly stunning memoir. this is blazingly honest and beautifully written even in its moments of describing life's ugliness, and is altogether an unrelenting read. not a hot take, but: i Leggi tutto
I have only ever given 5 stars to two autobiographies. One was written by a white English man; the other by a black American woman. On the surface you would think they could have very little in common, yet they do. They both have insight and compassion, which comes through in every sentence. They ha Leggi tutto
My mother could never really speak to me about the abuse she suffered as a little girl - the closest we came to talking about her experiences occurred when we read this painful and important book together. I imagine that Maya's book has allowed countless women who have suffered similar horrors an op Leggi tutto
Caged BirdA free bird leapson the back of the windand floats downstreamtill the current endsand dips his wingin the orange sun raysand dares to claim the sky.But a bird that stalksdown his narrow cagecan seldom see throughhis bars of ragehis wings are clipped andhis feet are tiedso he opens his t
Even before I started listening to this audio book, I could hear Angelou’s voice, deep and distinctive. I remember seeing her on tv at some point in the past and notably, even though a while ago, when she read a poem she had written for President Clinton’s inauguration. This autobiography of her ear Leggi tutto
To put it simply, I adored this!
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