maya angelou letter to my daughter summary

“I’ve learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow. “You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” “I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels.

( PHOTOS: Maya Angelou’s life and career) “If you cannot make a change, change the way you have been thinking,” she once said. Over the years, Angelou used that voice to offer guidance to women on how to shape their own destinies, as she had.

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I would highly recommend it though and I think it would make an excellent gift.

It's almost a four star read, but I am left with a slightly dissatisfied feeling, so I gave it a three.

This is the first of Angelou's work I've read though, so maybe I can find that in some of her other writing, probably in her autobiographies. I was also not overly fond of the religious aspects, but that's just a personal preference. I just felt like there was a little something missing, that there was more to the story, and although it is quite personal I suppose, I wish it would've dug deeper. I absolutely loved the parts about her life, where she comes from and where she's been, though I would have loved them all to be a bit longer, to have a bit more flesh on their bones.Īctually, I wanted that throughout the book: I wanted more.

This book contains stories from Angelou's life, mixed with parts of wisdom and knowledge she has accumulated throughout her life. She's intelligent, humble and feels very much like a mother to us all, appropriately enough with the title of the book. You get a good sense of what kind of woman Angelou is. The writing in this is simple but lovely. I think the best way to describe it is that it's like a hug from a wise and loving woman.

Maya angelou letter to my daughter summary