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The Heart of a Woman

By Maya Angelou

Book information

Publisher
Random House Trade Paperbacks
Year
2009
ISBN
0812980328, 9780812980325
LCC
PS3551.N464 Z465 2009
Open Library ID
OL23235975M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1221383 bytes)
Pages
201\201
Time added
2012-02-04 16:00:00

Description

In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. In the meantime, her personal life takes an unexpected turn. She leaves the bail bondsman she was intending to marry after falling in love with a South African freedom fighter, travels with him to London and Cairo, where she discovers new opportunities.The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of such renowned people as Billie Holiday and Malcom X, but perhaps most importantly chronicles the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she has cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.

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