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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Maya Angelou

Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local "powhitetrash." At eight years old and back at her mothers side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her ageand has to live with the consequen...

Publish Date

2009

April 21

First Published in 1969

Goodreads rating

4.25

based on 442k ratings

ISBN

9780860685111

Categories

NonfictionClassicsFiction

Recommendations

5

Recommendations

May 28, 2014

Angel. #RIPMayaAngelou The first book I read as a teenager, "I know why the caged bird sings". Felt like we knew her – source

Jun 03, 2020

Books to read📖: "WHY I'M NO LONGER TALKING TO WHITE PEOPLE ABOUT RACE" BY RENI EDDO-LODGE, "THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING GOD" BY ZORA NEALE HURSTON. "THE HATE U GIVE" BY ANGIE THOMAS, "I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS" BY MAYA ANGELOU, "WHITE FRAGILITY" BY ROBIN DIANGELO, PHD – source

Richard Branson

One of 70 must-read books. – source

Dec 24, 2017

My recommendations from last year. Would you like a list for 2018? #books – source

Feb 06, 2019

The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. – source

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