Gather Together in My Name (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780812980301)

In this second volume of her poignant autobiographical series, Maya Angelou powerfully captures the struggles and triumphs of her passionate life with dignity, wisdom, humor, and humanity.

"A curiously heartening story in which decency, honor, truth, love do exist, imperfectly, fractionally and flickeringly, not in some Platonic realm of the ideal, but in the flawed lives of real men and women."--The Washington Post

Gather Together in My Name continues Maya Angelou's personal story, begun so unforgettably in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The time is the end of World War II and there is a sense of optimism everywhere. Maya Angelou, still in her teens, has given birth to a son. But the next few years are difficult ones as she tries to find a place in the world for herself and her child. She goes from job to job-and from man to man. She tries to return home-back to Stamps, Arkansas-but discovers that she is no longer part of that world. Then Maya's life takes a dramatic turn, and she faces new challenges and temptations.

Author: Maya Angelou
ISBN-10: 0812980301
ISBN-13: 9780812980301
Publisher: Random House Trade
Language: English
Published: 04/21/2009
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.34w x 0.59d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.2
Point Value: 8
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 100011 / Gather Together in My Name


Review Citation(s):
Ebony 08/01/2014 pg. 30