Mom & Me & Mom
by Maya Angelou
Recommended by Emma Watson and Alice Walker
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Motherhood, Most Recommended Books, and Nonfiction.
For the first time, Angelou reveals the triumphs and struggles of being the daughter of Vivian Baxter, an indomitable spirit whose petite size belied her largerthanlife presence—a presence absent during much of Angelou’s early life. When her marriage began to crumble, Vivian famously sent threeyearold Maya and her older brother away from their ...
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Recommended by 5 sources and appears in Motherhood, Most Recommended Books, and Nonfiction.
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Emma Watson
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“@oursharedshelf's Nov & Dec book is #Mom&Me&Mom by Maya Angelou | This is my favorite Angelou book. It is revelatory about a life of high adventure with her completely tough, guntoting, charming, fearless and seductive mother.”
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