Mom and Me and Mom

‘In the first decade of the twentiety century, it was not a good time to be born black, or woman, in America.’ So begins this stunning portrait of Vivian Baxter Johnson: the first black woman officer in the Merchant Marines, purveyor of a gambling business and rooming house, and mother to one of our most cherished literary treasures. Anyone who’s read the classic, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings , knows Maya Angelou was raised by her paternal grandmother in Stamps, Arkansas. In MOM & ME & MOM , Angelou details what brought her mother to send her away and unearths the well of emotions Angelou experienced long afterward as a result. While Angelou’s six autobiographies tell of her out in the world, influencing and learning from statesmen and cultural icons, MOM & ME & MOM shares the intimate, emotional story about her own family. —- ISBN: 9781844089154