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I know why the caged bird sings Book
by Angelou, Maya
Book | Random House, New York : [2015]
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  • 1 of 2 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
  • 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
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Fleming - Beamsville 818.54092 Angel Non-Fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Checked out
Welland Main 818.5409 Angel Biography Copy hold / Volume hold Available
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Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. 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 mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned. Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.--
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  • ISBN: 9780375507892 (hardcover)
  • Physical Description: xi, 281 pages ; 22 cmprint
  • Publisher: New York : Random House, [2015]
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