[New York Times Bestseller] I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is a vivid portrayal of the childhood of black girls in America in the 1930s and 1940s. It is a mixture of loneliness, self-pity, injustice and pain. It is the struggle to protect honor for herself, for her loved ones and the desire to have love and care of the strong-willed girl Maya. Maya Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, of which I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is her debut autobiography, first published in 1969. This book is considered a modern American classic loved worldwide.
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