I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings

The book arrived with a rip on its cover

El libro es maravilloso y devastador al mismo tiempo. Fácil de leer y difícil de no enganchar, de no sentir impotencia, y frustración y cariño. Lectura obligada para entender un poco de lo que significa ser una minoría.

Todo perfecto. Muchas gracias!

Versão econômica, mas achei ok pelo o preço pago: 8,20 durante a promoção Mega Ofertas (acho que é esse o nome das ofertas que teve agora em Outubro). Tem muitos outros livros em inglês que são versão econômica e mesmo assim são um horror de caros, então achei um preço justo e não me importo muito com o tipo de papel usado. Ainda chocada que paguei só isso em um livro novo em inglês! Seria ótimo se tivesse mais promoções de livros internacionais com preços de fato baixos. Quase sempre mesmo com descontos, mesmo sendo capas comum/econômicos, a maioria que quero estão sempre nessa faixa de 60-80 reais. Que ofertas são essas!?!?! Entrega dentro do prazo pela Loggi e sou cliente prime. Produto internacional vendido e entregue pela Amazon.com.br.

Beautiful story - and hard to read sometimes because it can be triggering for victims of sexual assault. I didn’t know what to expect as all I’d ever read of Maya Angelou was her poetry. I was remiss in not reading her work sooner. She is an amazing storyteller (explains why she was Poet Laureate). I highly recommend this for anyone looking to give the one finger salute to the people banning books…and especially for those who just enjoy a good read.

Maya Angelou’s autobiography was written really well. It didn’t feel like I was reading an autobiography at all, more like a fiction novel because it was so enjoyable to follow even though it covers some very important and slightly graphic topics. This book addresses issue of molestation, rape and racism and it does this through the trials of Maya growing up. It does talk about these issue in quite a direct way, but it’s not so graphic where it would be uncomfortable to read. However, even if uncomfortable, this book would be very educative for everyone and mostly adolescents. This book, I’m sure, isn’t intended to be a form of education. It’s an autobiography of Mayas life, what she went through as a child, which we could use as a form of learning. You need to however bear in mind that not everyone will find this book enjoyable. It’s not fiction, it’s real life. I enjoyed Mayas writing and learning about her life was an added learning bonus, that I find is very vital. I work with adolescents and I could easily take this into my work to make them more aware of these issues. Maya (aged 3) was sent to her grandmother, along with her brother Bailey (aged 4) to Stamps, Arkansas. From Reading I found that Maya’s grandmother was a privileged Black person, as privileged as any Black person could be. However, her grandmother had a very strict and old-fashioned way of living. Maya was well educated and so was her brother. They went to good schools and was top of their classes. Maya hardly knew her parents, and honestly I found them to be quite irresponsible. At age 8, Mayas father turned up to take her and Bailey to their Mothers, where they will be staying along with her Mothers lover. As the synopsis states, Maya was soon raped by her Mothers lover, however Maya seemed to not understand this at first. Who would at the age of 8. It was quite uncomfortable for me to read, I don’t regret it though. ‘He said, “Just stay right here, Ritie, I ain’t gonna hurt you.” I wasn’t afraid, a little apprehensive, maybe, but not afraid. Of course I knew that lots of people did ‘it’ and that they used their ‘things’ to accomplish the deed, but no one I knew had ever done it to anybody. Mr. Freeman pulled me to him, and put his hand between my legs.’ He done it again after that. I was furious with the situation, still am, as anyone would be. You know considering how privileged her grandmother is in Stamps and how she selflessly helps out the White people, she is still under appreciated as a Black person. No matter how much she would help a white person, the colour of her skin alway set her apart. Like a situation where Maya had a toothache and the only dentist she could be taken to was the White one in Stamps. The White dentist said; ‘I’d rather stick my hand in a dog’s mouth than in a n*****’s.’ Mayas badass Momma took care of him though, an rightly so. I would love a grandmother like her. I would highly recommend this book, an so would Barack Obama, President Bill Clinton and Oprah Winfrey. So there is no excuse. Phenomenal writing and a vital learning experience