Mom & me & mom / Maya Angelou.
By: Angelou, Maya
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TextPublisher: New York : Random House, c2013Edition: 1st ed.Description: x, 201 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.ISBN: 9781400066117; 1400066115; 9780679645474 (ebook); 0679645470 (ebook).Other title: Mom and me and mom.Subject(s): Angelou, Maya -- Family | Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography | Entertainers -- United States -- Biography | African American authors -- BiographyDDC classification: 818/.5409 | B Summary: In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their reunion a decade later began a story that has never before been told.
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In this book, Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away, and unearths the well of emotions she experienced long afterward as a result. For the first time, she reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence, a presence absent during much of the author's early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their reunion a decade later began a story that has never before been told.
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