**available for trade

I found that I have two copies of this. This is the continuing celebration of her life.

Released on Monday, November 17, 2003 at postal release in Kelseyville, California USA.

mailing to JDT

Received this older Maya Angelou, new-to-me book from shellyann in a bookrelay!
Nice day-after-Thanksgiving mailbox find!
Thanks!

Sending this to rendiru as a surprise addition to her other Maya Angelou book.
I've had to admit to myself, I prefer the strength, presence, grace of Maya Angelou now and the powerful titles of her books, to her actual autobiographical writing.
Yikes - that's hard to say

This arrived as a lovely surprise with the return of a boomerang bookrelay book. This is the only book I was missing for the series of Maya Angelou's autobiograpy. Thank you JDT! I'm really looking forward to reading it. :-)

I just finished this today. This book, which appears to be the second in her autobiographical series, dealt with her life as a teenaged mother struggling to find a way to live while supporting her son. I knew from some of her other books that she had faced many struggles in her life, but this book showed a *very* dark time in her life, with little joy to balance it. It is amazing to me that she survived all these things to become the remarkable woman I see today. It was almost painful to follow her narrative as it exposed the raw hopes and self-delusion of her teenaged self. I am in awe (and a little shocked) that she would share so much with the world.

This book is heading out to visit libertine101 in Australia. :-)

Rendiru, this book arrived the day before my birthday. Good timing!! Thanks! :)
Been meaning to read the works of this legendary woman. Now i can begin! :)