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Letter to My Daughter

By: Maya Angelou
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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.

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Loved, loved luved it! Thank you Maya! God bless you! Your legacy lives on. XO

Luved It!

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I thoroughly enjoyed the book. I could listen to this lady read a law book and still b captivated :)

Spectacular

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Beautifully spoken and impactful. To hear Maya Angelou read this is amazing. My favorite audio book to date.

Beautiful

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This book is so beautiful and meaningful, I highly recommend it! so worth your time

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I enjoyed listening to mama Maya. It's like a personal conversation with her. I needed it.

Loved it

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Maya Angelou's Letter to My Daughter spoke to me in a way that no other book ever has.... ❤❤❤

THE GREASTEST STORY I HAVE EVER READ

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i read this and own it on hard back. I look up to her and think the world of this poet. She has changed my life and i have never met her! i love all of her books and poems and she has made me fill full on my darkest days. Thank the Lord for her and her work. She is a hero and a mother to the world.

if you read or listen to 1 Ms. Angelou book

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From the moment I heard her voice I’ve always thought, that’s my grandma. She really knows how to bring you into a story. I will be gifting a hard copy to each of my daughters when they graduate high school.

Dr. Maya Angelou ... There are no words

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Maya Angelou is a diva! Each letter is so beautiful and powerful and brings so many learnings to day to day life.

Inspiring

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Such a wonderful book! So glad to hear Maya read it! Thank you, loved it

Incredible!

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