Mom & Me & Mom

The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother. For the first time, Angelou 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 Angelou’s early life. When her marriage began to cr...

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Аноним19 октября 2025 г.
На один раз, для общего развития - вполне
Читается хорошо (читала в оригинале). И здесь для меня всегда возникает вопрос - как оценить такого рода литературу) для такого рода легкого чтива - 5 из 5, в целом - 3 из 5, тк нет претензии на художественность.
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Аноним14 декабря 2016 г.
Ignorance is a terrible thing. It causes families to lose their center and causes people to lose their control. Ignorance knows no binds. Old people, young people, middle-aged, black, white, can all be ignorant.
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Аноним14 декабря 2016 г.
Love heals. Heals and liberates. I use the word love, not meaning sentimentality, but a condition so strong that it may be that which holds the stars in their heavenly positions and that which causes the blood to flow orderly in our veins.
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Аноним14 декабря 2016 г.
I really saw clearly, and for the first time, why a mother is really important. Not just because she feeds and also loves and cuddles and even mollycoddles a child, but because in an interesting and maybe an eerie and unworldly way, she stands in the gap. She stands between the unknown and the known.
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