Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Christmas Fiction)

Singin' & Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas (Christmas Fiction)

by Dr Maya Angelou (Author), Dr Maya Angelou (Author)

Synopsis

Maya Angelou's five volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents and resilience of this extraordinary writer. Loving the world, she also knows its cruelty. As a black woman she has known discrimination and extreme poverty, but also hope, joy, achievement and celebration. In this her third marvellous volume, music and her son are the focus of Maya Angelou's life. She is on the edge of a new world: marriage, show business and a triumphant tour of 'Porgy and Bess'.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Virago
Published: 02 Sep 1993

ISBN 10: 0860686736
ISBN 13: 9780860686736

Media Reviews
'She sees everything with an eye full of relish' HILARY BAILEY, GUARDIAN 'Once again the reader must marvel at this gifted woman's spirit and resistance and applaud the gusto with which she recaptures a past that has been plagued by indignities as often as it has been blessed by love' OBSERVER 'Maya Angelou is an inspiration' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY
Author Bio
Maya Angelou has been waitress, singer, actress, dancer, activist, filmmaker, writer and mother. As well as her autobiography she has written several volumes of poetry, including ON THE PULSE OF THE MORNING for the inauguration of President Clinton. She now has a life-time appointment as Reynolds Professor of American Studies at Wake Forest University in North Carolina.