Even the Stars Look Lonesome, Maya Angelou
Even the Stars Look Lonesome, Maya Angelou
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Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Author: Maya Angelou

Narrator: Maya Angelou

Abridged: 1 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2005


Synopsis

See the difference, read Maya Angelou in Large Print

* About Large Print
All Random House Large Print editions are published in a 16-point typeface

This wise book is the wonderful continuation of the bestselling Wouldn't Take Nothing for My Journey Now.

Even the Stars Look Lonesome is Maya Angelou talking of the things she cares about most. In her unique, spellbinding way, she re-creates intimate personal experiences and gives us her wisdom on a wide variety of subjects. She tells us how a house can both hurt its occupants and heal them. She talks about Africa. She gives us a profile of Oprah. She enlightens us about age and sexuality. She confesses to the problems fame brings and shares with us the indelible lessons she has learned about rage and violence. And she sings the praises of sensuality.
    

Even the Stars Look Lonesome imparts the lessons of a lifetime.

About The Author

Maya Angelou was raised in Stamps, Arkansas. In addition to her bestselling autobiographies, including I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings and The Heart of a Woman, she wrote numerous volumes of poetry, among them Phenomenal Woman, And Still I Rise, On the Pulse of Morning, and Mother. Maya Angelou died in 2014.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily

I think this would be even better as an audiobook......more

Goodreads review by D

I'm not the biggest Maya Angelou fan. I must admit that. I am, however, a fan of deckled edges. What is a deckled edge? A deckled edge is the term used for the technique of making the pages of a book look torn and ragged. I’m not sure why, but I’ve always liked the idea of reading books that look an......more

Goodreads review by Amal

This is my first Maya Angelou book and I can't wait to read more of her / about her ! Throughout this book , Maya honestly and straight from the heart opens up about her marriages , sensuality , sexuality , children , acquaintances through the years , some events that really marked her life and most......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

This book of short essays shares moments in the life of the renowned poet and author, Maya Angelou. Ms. Angelou briefly discusses relationships with past lovers and husbands, her son, colleagues, her mother, Oprah Winfrey, and others she encountered throughout her remarkable life. I read this book d......more


Quotes

“If you don’t know [Maya Angelou] yet, now is as good a time as any to jump in and partake of her bounteous wisdom.”—Los Angeles Times

“Angelou’s voice is spellbinding, bubbling with rhythm, vivid with lessons.”—The Miami Herald

“Angelou is a force of nature.”
—Chicago Sun-Times

“A sort of wit and wisdom of Angelou, culled from a lifetime of adversity and overcoming.”—The Denver Post