I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Book Reviews

AUTHOR
Maya Angelou
SCORE
4.5
TOTAL RATINGS
1,285

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou Book Summary

Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide.
 
Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small Southern town, Maya and her brother, Bailey, endure the ache of abandonment and the prejudice of the local “powhitetrash.” At eight years old and back at her mother’s side in St. Louis, Maya is attacked by a man many times her age—and has to live with the consequences for a lifetime. Years later, in San Francisco, Maya learns that love for herself, the kindness of others, her own strong spirit, and the ideas of great authors (“I met and fell in love with William Shakespeare”) will allow her to be free instead of imprisoned.
 
Poetic and powerful, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings will touch hearts and change minds for as long as people read.

“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings liberates the reader into life simply because Maya Angelou confronts her own life with such a moving wonder, such a luminous dignity.”—James Baldwin

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Book Name I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Genre Biographies & Memoirs
Published
Language English
E-Book Size 1.46 MB

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou) Book Reviews 2024

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Wonderful Orator. Ms. Angelou will leave a vast whole in the world of story telling and poetry. Thanks for all the amazing books. Rest my fair lady....

The Best Ever. You truly will be missed! I enjoyed your poems so much!

I know why the caged bird sings. Great read!!!

Amazing. I have always been a fan of Maya Angelou's poems but never knew she wrote other things besides poetry. She opened my eyes to how life was for a young African American girl growing up in the south. Loved this book! Thank you Ms. Angelou for sharing your story.

OMG!!!!. I regret to say that this is this first of Maya Angelou's writings that I have ever read. It was awesome. Now I see why she is an acclaimed author, poet and speaker...she went through some tremendous things in her youth where she learned to put them to pen and paper; speaking candidly from her heart and soul. Now I am on a quest to read more of her work. And as the result of reading this book, I am a changed woman!

Dr. Maya Angelou. A must read for every woman-child.

Fantastic. This book truly took me through a well narrated rollercoaster of emotions, laughter and thoughtfulness. Highly recommend. Maya Angelou is an amazing writer!

Brianna Binns. This book was totally worth the read and it was very inspirational .

Simply Transfixing. Maya Angelou has a power, a gift of being able to explain life in ways that make sense no matter where you are in life or when in time your life takes place. ❤️

Masterpiece. This is an incredible autobiography of an incredible woman. So much to learn from her experiences and her view of the world. I read it in one day, as I couldn’t put it down. Maya Angelou is my hero!

Good Book...annoying service. why can't you use any form of itunes to read this book? why only mobile devices? if I need to access this on my laptop, I cannot. why?

The Perfect Book. Maya Angelou has the most beautiful voice and it is impossible to stop reading this captivating memoir

beautiful. i loved it all. the truth in it is important for all americans to understand. i saw myself in her, not because of race but because of growing up in a world that doesn't always seem to be on your side

Empowering Book.. Powerful.

Absolutely incredible!. Such a wonderful book! Usually books take me forever to complete, but I literally couldn’t put this book down. Thank you Maya for being you!

A required read that changed me. I was required to read this book in the summer before my ninth grade. I had no idea what to expect. Upon reading this, I enjoyed hearing a black story without misery as the theme. Maya Angelou had become one of my favorite authors from this. I would highly recommend!

Glad To Have Experienced This Book. I have a newfound appreciation for the writings of the author after reading this book.

Overcoming ignorant societal prejudices. This book is well written and very engaging. I like Maya’s chronology of her different life phases. And she captures each phase with authenticity. She’s a great example that society doesn’t define you but rather you define how society should view you. Need I say this book educated me how to treat a woman by the way she perceives herself in which case Maya let’s us into her thoughts. Thank you Maya for sharing your life with us and may you dwell amongst us through your works.

Book Review. I had to read this for my AP book choice in 10th grade and I do not recommend. In my opinion, I was bored out of my mind throughout the book and I love to read so it surprises me.

I loved this book. I saw the movie, but I’m one of those who believe that the book gives more of a deeper message then the movie.. So yes I had to read the book it was only fair that I did🥰🥰

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Do not buy this audiobook!. This is a partial book! It skips chapters!

Great. It's a very good and well written medium sized book written by a grand poet who makes the book seem as if the words were coming out of a child's mouth. Maya Angelou definitely had an interesting childhood and it makes for a very entertaining read.

Try the audio version narrated by maya Angelou! A gem!. Re: I know why the caged bird sings

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Summary of I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

The I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings book written by Maya Angelou was published on 12 January 1970, Monday in the Biographies & Memoirs category. A total of 1,285 readers of the book gave the book 4.5 points out of 5.

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