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Gather Together in My Name

Maya Angelou

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English
Random House Trade
21 April 2009
In this second volume of her poignant autobiographical series, Maya Angelou powerfully captures the struggles and triumphs of her passionate life with dignity, wisdom, humor, and humanity.

“A curiously heartening story in which decency, honor, truth, love do exist, imperfectly, fractionally and flickeringly, not in some Platonic realm of the ideal, but in the flawed lives of real men and women.”—The Washington Post

Gather Together in My Name continues Maya Angelou’s personal story, begun so unforgettably

in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The time is the end of World War II and there

is a sense of optimism everywhere. Maya Angelou, still in her teens, has given birth

to a son. But the next few years are difficult ones as she tries to find a place

in the world for herself and her child. She goes from job to job–and from man to

man. She tries to return home–back to Stamps, Arkansas–but discovers that she is

no longer part of that world. Then Maya’s life takes a dramatic turn, and she faces

new challenges and temptations.
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Imprint:   Random House Trade
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 203mm,  Width: 131mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   193g
ISBN:   9780812980301
ISBN 10:   0812980301
Pages:   214
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Reviews for Gather Together in My Name

Engrossing and vital, rich and funny and wise . . . Angelou writes like a song, and like the truth. <b><i>-The New York Times Book Review</i></b> A curiously heartening story in which decency, honor, truth, love do exist, imperfectly, fractionally and flickeringly, not in some Platonic realm of the ideal, but in the flawed lives of real men and women. <b><i>-The Washington Post</b> The book is a gem. It presents a descriptive picture of the texture of the lives and times of many black people in the late forties before the dawn of civil rights. It is so insightful and funny-sad, you catch yourself remembering your own young adulthood. <b><i>-Chicago Tribune</i></b> Rich, engaging . . . Angelou tells the story of this dauntless, reckless, foolish girl with few flourishes; it doesn't need them. <b><i>-The New Yorker</i></b>


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