Gather Together In My Name - Maya Angelou

This is the compelling sequal to the bestseller " I Know Why The Caged Bird SIngs". Having survived the war , Maya now finds herself facing the trials and tribulations of motherhood. At only 17 she finds it a great struggle. She's isolated from her family because of the baby, she finds herself drifting between transient jobs anywhere she could, shops, resaurants & nightclubs. As well as embarking on a series of affairs. In the end she feels she has no options left so turns to prostitution & narcotics. Somehow eventhough nothing is going right she overcomes this. What makes this such a great read is that through it all ...  Read the complete review

This is the second of five autobiographies by the African American writer Maya Angelou, whose best selling accounts of her life began with the work; ‘I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings’. That book told of a childhood growing up fast in the south’s St Louis, Stomps Arkansas, and the west’s, California. In this book, we catch up with the author as an independent 16 year old, striving to find her way in post second world war America, a time of new beginnings and opportunities for black people, used to white domination and segregation. The Author ********** Maya Angelou life is one that personifies the old phrase ‘truth is ...  Read the complete review