Mom & Me & Mom
By Maya Angelou
- Release Date: 2013-04-02
- Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Description
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A moving memoir about the legendary author’s relationship with her own mother.
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The story of Maya Angelou’s extraordinary life has been chronicled in her multiple bestselling autobiographies. But now, at last, the legendary author shares the deepest personal story of her life: her relationship with her mother.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her larger-than-life presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent three-year-old Maya and her older brother away from their California home to live with their grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. The subsequent feelings of abandonment stayed with Angelou for years, but their reunion, a decade later, began a story that has never before been told. In Mom & Me & Mom, Angelou dramatizes her years reconciling with the mother she preferred to simply call “Lady,” revealing the profound moments that shifted the balance of love and respect between them.
Delving into one of her life’s most rich, rewarding, and fraught relationships, Mom & Me & Mom explores the healing and love that evolved between the two women over the course of their lives, the love that fostered Maya Angelou’s rise from immeasurable depths to reach impossible heights.
Praise for Mom & Me & Mom
“Mom & Me & Mom is delivered with Angelou’s trademark good humor and fierce optimism. If any resentments linger between these lines, if lives are partially revealed without all the bitter details exposed, well, that is part of Angelou’s forgiving design. As an account of reconciliation, this little book is just revealing enough, and pretty irresistible.”—The Washington Post
“Moving . . . a remarkable portrait of two courageous souls.”—People
“[The] latest, and most potent, of her serial autobiographies . . . [a] tough-minded, tenderhearted addition to Angelou’s spectacular canon.”—Elle
“Mesmerizing . . . Angelou has a way with words that can still dazzle us, and with her mother as a subject, Angelou has a near-perfect muse and mystery woman.”—Essence
Reviews
Simply Wonderful.
5By Butter BabyThere are no words suitable to describe her writing. This book is a treasure. God Bless Her.Love it
5By Illogicchi776Great book! Love Maya Angelou so much to be learned from this storyA must read
5By JohniqueExcellent easy read that highlights the struggle of an American legend and the unconditional love and bond of a mother and daughter. This book has allowed me to discover a new found respect for beloved Dr. Maya Angelou. Her willingness to be candid about her life is profound. Her humility to share is priceless. This book will surely bring insight and the true meaning of love to it's readers.Mom, me, Mom
5By CeareadsWonderful! As alive as "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", the reader is there!Absolutely loved it!
5By AstridizzyShe's an amazing writer and an amazing human being. I absolutely LOVED everything about this book!!Great read!
5By Icuspr05What a great and quick read! Wonderfully written, feeds the soul. Thank you Maya Angelou! If you're considering reading this novel just go for it. It's a winner!I couldn't put it down!!
5By Duckee503I've had such love, respect & admiration for Ms. Angelou for years & now I have love, respect & admiration for her Mother! 😊Somewhat Disappointing
2By Loopydoopy73After reading "I know Why the Caged Bird Sings" I was really looking forward to this book. I thought it would be a further insight into the life she beautifully described in Caged Bird. If I had not read Caged Bird, I don't think I would have any feel for the major people in her life and about whom the book was about. Maya's mother was described through lines of what was to be interpreted as wisdom, which had no real appeal to me, and it left me feeling that there was a distance between Maya and her mother created by an unnerving respect, rather than a Mother/Daughter affection. I also thought it was over priced. I would not recommend this book.Mom and Me & Mom
4By Rhoda03Delightful , engaging and typical of the descriptive style of this phenomenal woman!!Absolutely amazing!
5By MakelifeaddupI cannot find words to say. This book was precious.