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For a world of devoted readers, a much-awaited new volume of absorbing stories and inspirational wisdom from one of our best-loved writers.

Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou’s path to living well and living a life with meaning. Told in her own inimitable style, this book transcends genres and categories: guidebook, memoir, poetry, and pure delight.

Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and fortitude: how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward, six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son.

Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a “lifelong endeavor,” or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice–Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women she considers her extended family.

Like the rest of her remarkable work, Letter to My Daughter entertains and teaches; it is a book to cherish, savor, re-read, and share.




“I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian, Spanish speaking, Native Americans and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am speaking to you all. Here is my offering to you.”

–from Letter to My Daughter


DESCRIPTION:

Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 818.5409
EAN: 9781400066124
ISBN: 1400066123
Label: Random House
Manufacturer: Random House
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 192
Publication Date: 2008-09-23
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: 2008-09-23
Studio: Random House


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• Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem
• The Complete Collected Poems of Maya Angelou


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Customer Rating:
Summary: `Maya Angelou's New Success'
Comment: June 18, 2009
`Maya Angelou's New Success'
By McKayla Sturges:
Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou. 166 pp. New York: Random House. $25
Are you searching for a book that is life changing and exhilarating? St. Louis, Missouri born Maya Angelou has written a book, Letter to My Daughter ,that fits those qualities and beyond. Set in Requiem, the book goes from the story of Maya's childhood and motherhood to poetry and her outlook on life itself. Her style of writing creates an illusion for understanding of her words. Generally, I found this book enlightening and fresh. I urge for everyone of all ages to read the inspirational collection of Maya's essays.
In the prologue, Maya writes, "I gave birth to one child, a son, but I have thousands of daughters. You are Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian, Spanish-speaking, Native American and Aleut. You are fat and thin and pretty and plain, gay and straight, educated and unlettered, and I am speaking to you all. Here is my offering to you." This attention-grabber means that she wrote this book to tell her "thousands of daughters" that she is offering her advice, stories, and outlook on life itself. Chapter titles such as "Philanthropy", "Mother's Long View", "Celia Cruz", or "Salute to Older Lovers" foreshadows the meaning or purpose of the chapter. In the early chapters of the Angelou explains her childhood of growing up with her paternal grandmother, Uncle Willie, and her brother, Bailey in Stamps, Arkansas. When she was a teenager, she made the move to California to live with her distant mother. As years go by in her new home, she realizes the facts of life. Basically in the book, Angelou dishes out solutions to many struggles men and women have in life, and insight on philanthropy. Especially in the final chapter titled, "Keep the Faith." The most meaningful passage was this, "Whenever I began to question whether God exists, I looked up to the sky and surely there, right there, between the sun and moon, stands my grandmother, singing a long meter hymn, a song somewhere between a moan and a lullaby and I know faith is the evidence of things unseen. And all I have to do is continue trying to be a Christian." Overall, the book gave me whole new outlook on life.
Maya Angelou is a fantastic writer and poet. She uses a wide variety of vocabulary and she is descriptive on what she talks about. For example in, "My real growing up world, in Stamps, was continual struggle against a condition of surrender. Surrender first to the grown-up human beings who I saw every day, all black and all very, very large. Then submission to the idea that black people were inferior to white people, who I saw rarely," words like submission and her description of people. Every single piece she has written are absolutely amazing, but I would say this is her most accomplished work by far. I guarantee you will enjoy and be inspired by Letter to My Daughter as much as I have. Enjoy Maya Angelou's masterpiece.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Life Lessons Taught By Maya Angelou
Comment: Letter To My Daughter, written by acclaimed author, poet, performer, teacher, director and activist Maya Angelou, is an absolute must-read for every teen, woman and daughter, alike. Angelou is an incredible woman with an incredible story. Her journey through life is captivating and inspirational. As she describes her battles with violence, love and everything in between, one can't help but respect the woman behind the poetry. Furthermore, Angelou takes the reader back to her struggle with money and tells the story of her independence and motherhood. Her experiences with womanhood, sex, motherhood and her pursuit of happiness are a worthy read and Angelou proves to be a commendable woman.

Angelou's proclamation that she birthed one son but has "thousands of daughters, who are "Black and White, Jewish and Muslim, Asian," etc, is heart-warming and telling of her character. I especially loved the idea that this memoir was a letter to every woman and could reach them on a personal basis all over the world. The advice that streams through her personal stories starts out as inspirational but has a tendency of getting redundant and mundane. However, Angelou makes it up at the end as her poems are a work of art. Overall, Letter To My Daughter proves to be a moving and touching memoir of life struggles, stories, and lessons encompassing family values, independence, and love.


Customer Rating:
Summary: Maya Angelou did it again!
Comment: Here in short spellbinding essays are glimpses of the tumultuous life that led Angelou to an exalted place in American letters and taught her lessons in compassion and fortitude: how she was brought up by her indomitable grandmother in segregated Arkansas, taken in at thirteen by her more worldly and less religious mother, and grew to be an awkward, six-foot-tall teenager whose first experience of loveless sex paradoxically left her with her greatest gift, a son.

Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a "lifelong endeavor," or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice-Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women she considers her extended family.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Loving Your Daughers
Comment: Wonderful read! I wish my mother was still alive to give it to me but it was a great treat to give to my daughters. I read first and knew this was a winner but anything of Dr. Angelou is.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Down-to-Earth
Comment: I bought the audio because I love to listen to Dr. Angelou's voice. It was not what I expexted, but at the same time I was not dissapointed by the content or the context of the message. I was left wanting more knowledge to leave to my teenage daughter. It taught me few great lesson too. It was a great start and I hope she continues writing these letters to her daughters because she is our Queen Mother. Thank You Ma Angelou.

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