Gather Together In My Name

Description

Maya Angelou's volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In the sequel to her best-selling I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou is a young mother in California, unemployed, embarking on brief affairs and transient jobs in shops and night-clubs, turning to prostitution and the world of narcotics.

Promotion info

The second title in Maya Angelou's bestselling autobiography is reissued in a new look to coincide with the publication of her new book

Reviews

** 'Angelou has the knack of guiding us along the seamier side of life while making us feel refreshed and restored like a terrfic gospel blues singer' GUARDIAN 'She has the knack of guiding us along the seamier side of life while making us feel refreshed and restored like a terrfic gospel blues singer' - Guardian