Letter To My Daughter - Softcover

Dr Maya Angelou

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1844086119 ISBN 13: 9781844086115

Publisher: Virago, 2012

Synopsis

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to my Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: it's part guidebook, part memoir, part poetry - and pure delight.

Here in short essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons about compassion and fortitude. Whether she is recalling lost friends, extolling honesty or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice, Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women.

Like the rest of her remarkable work, Letter to My Daughter entertains and teaches. It is a book to cherish, savour, reread and share.

About this title

Review:

A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman (President Barack Obama)

The poems and stories she wrote . . . were gifts of wisdom and wit, courage and grace (President Bill Clinton)

She moved through the world with unshakeable calm, confidence and a fierce grace . . . She will always be the rainbow in my clouds (Oprah Winfrey)

She was important in so many ways. She launched African American women writing in the United States. She was generous to a fault. She had nineteen talents - used ten. And was a real original. There is no duplicate (Toni Morrison)

Book Description:

A collection of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers, Maya Angelou.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1844086119
• ISBN 13: 9781844086115
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192