Mom and Me and Mom

By: Maya Angelou

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Paperback | 9 April 2024 | Edition Number 1

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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.

Industry Reviews

Extraordinary . . . a jaw-dropper of a memoir - Red

A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman

The poems and stories she wrote . . . were gifts of wisdom and wit, courage and grace

She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will always be the rainbow in my clouds

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

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