Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas - Softcover

Angelou, Maya

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553251996 ISBN 13: 9780553251999

Publisher: Bantam USA, 1920

Synopsis

Here Maya Angelou, dazzling entertainer, casts  the spotlight on her show business career -- a  pageant of international scope. Maya, the woman,  shares her sad, failed marriage to a white man, her  early motherhood and achingly sensitive  relationship with her young son, and her bone-deep, painful  suspicion of the white world that welcomes her  talent so dramatically ...

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Review:

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
"I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself so moved."
-- James Baldwin
"Full of laughter and tears, love and hate, failures and triumphs, and above all, understanding."
-- John O. Killens
Gather Together in My Name
"Gather Together in My Name is part of a select body of literature that includes The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised Land, and Ernest J. Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace."
-- William McPherson, The Washington Post Book World
"Here the 'caged bird' soars, and sings in a voice as rich and funny, passionate and mellow as any writer I know."
-- Shana Alexander

"From the Hardcover edition."

The buoyant, gifted Maya Angelou continues her autobiography. . . . Both her joy and her despair have twice as much impact as most people s.
New York
Angelou may be one of the best hunters of the heart, one of the best to explore the insides of folks, black or white, and find what moves them, what makes them real and tangible to themselves and others.
The Christian Science Monitor

Angelou is a sharp observer and commentator on culture. . . . [Her book is] filled with penetrating observations about the people she encounters.
Chicago Tribune Book World
Honest, funny and heartwarming . . . The strength of the book is Angelou s lyrical writing . . . a God-given gift.
The Washington Star
Angelou is one of the geniuses of the Afro-American serial autobiography.
The New York Times"

"The buoyant, gifted Maya Angelou continues her autobiography. . . . Both her joy and her despair have twice as much impact as most people's."
-New York

"Angelou may be one of the best hunters of the heart, one of the best to explore the insides of folks, black or white, and find what moves them, what makes them real and tangible to themselves and others."
-The Christian Science Monitor

"Angelou is a sharp observer and commentator on culture. . . . [Her book is] filled with penetrating observations about the people she encounters."
-Chicago Tribune Book World

"Honest, funny and heartwarming . . . The strength of the book is Angelou's lyrical writing . . . a God-given gift."
-The Washington Star

"Angelou is one of the geniuses of the Afro-American serial autobiography."
-The New York Times

Book Description:

* The third title in Maya Angelou's bestselling five-volume autobiography is reissued with a new look to coincide with the publication of her new book

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam USA
• Publication date: 1920
• ISBN 10: 0553251996
• ISBN 13: 9780553251999
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242