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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- Narrated by: Maya Angelou
- Length: 10 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Maya Angelou's six volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a Black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement, and celebration.
In this first volume of her six books of autobiography, Maya Angelou beautifully evokes her childhood with her grandmother in the American south of the 1930s. She learns the power of the white folks at the other end of town and suffers the terrible trauma of rape by her mother's lover.
"I write about being a Black American woman, however, I am always talking about what it's like to be a human being. This is how we are, what makes us laugh, and this is how we fall and how we somehow, amazingly, stand up again." (Maya Angelou)
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-2020
AMAZING!!
An absolute delight to listen to Maya narrate. What a life she lived. Looking forward to the next one.
Rich rich words
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- Anonymous User
- 24-06-2023
Loved it!
Loved hearing Maya Angelou narrate the book in her beautiful voice. Really enjoyed her story, and I have the rest of them in my watch list to buy!
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- Melanie Dunkley
- 07-09-2019
Reaches to your soul.
Maya Angelou's honest and painful and uplifting story is read by her in her old age, adding extra poignancy to this reflection on her childhood years, with the richness and wisdom of her voice lending a special magic to the account. Her insights into her own character and development and the perceptions of her young mind on the people and world around her make this such a thought provoking and life-affirming story.
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- Michael
- 23-05-2015
Always good to hear a book read by the author.
Well written, an important book to read. Unfortunately can't find the next one on Audible.
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- Anonymous
- 26-04-2020
Absolutely glorious
Maya Angelou reading her own book, her singing, her Southern drawl, and her magical writing just put this book on my top favorites of all time.
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- Debbie Walsh
- 05-12-2017
Couldn't put it down!
What an amazing storyteller. Made all the more fascinating by the fact that its true.
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- Brigid
- 27-07-2017
Read by Maya Angelou, what more could you ask for?
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To have the author and main character herself read the book made the experience so personal. It is such an important insight into her life and the lives of millions which is as relevant today as it was when it came out.
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- Anonymous User
- 21-01-2018
very enjoyable & educational
very enjoyable and educational. reveling the untold truth. now I know why people do what they do even though I might think differently. understanding the differences in empowering & healing.
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- Anonymous User
- 16-02-2024
Read by Maya
This autobiographical story read by the author herself was fascinating from beginning to end. Parts of it were incredibly sad. It covers her childhood years up to the birth of her son at age 17. An emotional journey for author and listener.
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- BERIS
- 30-05-2015
great author.
I have learnt so much about that time period. It gives an insight to a lovely soul who handles hardship with such forgiveness.
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