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In this third self-contained volume of her autobiography, which began with I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou moves into the adult world. Maya struggles to support herself and her son through a series of odd jobs and weathers a failed marriage to a white man before landing a gig singing in one of the most popular nightclubs on the San Francisco coast. From there, she is called to New York to join the cast of Porgy and Bess. Maya soon finds herself on a joyous and dramatic adventure, touring abroad through Italy, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt with spirited cast members, and performing for large, enthusiastic audiences. The exciting experience is dampened only by Mayas nagging guilt that she has abandoned the person she loves most in life, her son, whose reentrance into her world reveals to Maya the healing power of devotion and love.

Charged with Maya Angelous remarkable sense of life and love, Singin and Swingin and Gettin Merry Like Christmas is a unique celebration of the human condition-and an enthralling saga that has touched, inspired, and empowered readers worldwide.

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About the Author

Maya Angelou has written five volumes of autobiography, including the bestselling I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and many collections of poetry, as well as "On the Pulse of Morning," the poem she read at the inauguration of President William Jefferson Clinton in 1993. All of her poems have been gathered together in The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou. Maya Angelou is currently Reynolds Professor at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

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ISBN:
9780812980318
Author:
Angelou, Maya
Publisher:
Random House Trade
Author:
Maya Angelou
Subject:
Women
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
cultural heritage
Subject:
African American women authors - 20th century
Subject:
Entertainers -- United States.
Subject:
People of Color
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - People of Color
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Cultural Heritage
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography - Women
Subject:
Biography & Autobiography : Literary
Subject:
Biography - General
Subject:
Biography-Women
Subject:
Literature-A to Z
Subject:
Poetry-A to Z
Edition Description:
Trade paper
Publication Date:
20090431
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Dimensions:
7.94x5.34x.65 in. .50 lbs.
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