A review by pceboll
Gather Together in My Name by Maya Angelou

emotional funny hopeful inspiring reflective

5.0

An absolute knock-out. You would not BELIEVE the life Ms. Angelou has lead-as one blurb on the back of my $3 paperback edition puts it, "Maya Angelou writes like an angel who has paid her dues in hell". Her reflections on past mistakes have so much humor and dignity that is so incredibly validating and I truly believe this should be required reading for all young women. I laughed out loud, physically cringed, and gawked at some of her choices, she is an insanely intelligent woman who is also young and prideful. "School of hard knocks" comes to mind. She is an absolute icon. A new favorite which has found me at the right time.