Singin' and Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas
by Maya Angelou
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarymusic/danceromancesexfresh & originalheavyrealisticsimplelinearemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshiplove conquers allsocial commentary
Boxlist takeGrounded and stirring: a weighty biography. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
About This Book
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, and the white world as well, as she marries, enters show business, and tours Europe and Africa in Porgy and Bess.As the book opens, Maya, in order to support herself and her young son, gets a job in a record shop run by a white woman.
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- Maya Angelou
- Published
- 1976
- Pages
- 288
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