The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou
The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou
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The Heart of a Woman

Author: Maya Angelou

Narrator: Maya Angelou

Abridged: 3 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/29/2005

Synopsis

Maya Angelou has fascinated, moved, and inspired  countless readers with the first three volumes of  her autobiography, one of the most remarkable  personal narratives of our age. Now, in her fourth  volume, The Heart of a Woman, her  turbulent life breaks wide open with joy as the  singer-dancer enters the razzle-dazzle of fabulous  New York City. There, at the Harlem Writers Guild,  her love for writing blazes anew.

Her  compassion and commitment lead her to respond to the  fiery times by becoming the northern coordinator  of Martin Luther King's history-making quest. A  tempestuous, earthy woman, she promises her heart to  one man only to have it stolen, virtually on her  weding day, by a passionate African freedom  fighter.

Filled with unforgettable vignettes of  famous characters, from Billie Holiday to Malcolm  X, The Heart of a Woman sings  with Maya Angelou's eloquent prose -- her fondest  dreams, deepest disappointments, and her dramatically  tender relationship with her rebellious teenage  son. Vulnerable, humorous, tough, Maya speaks with  an intimate awareness of the heart within all of  us.

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 Cherisa on August 05, 2022

I've now read three in Angelou's series of memoirs, having picked them up as I've come across them in second hand shops or elsewhere. I've enjoyed them all and this one is really good, spanning the time she left Los Angeles and went to New York, hooking up with the Harlem Writers Guild, and working......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on December 21, 2020

Another Wonderful Book My journey along with Maya Angelou continues. This book is about her struggles while encountering her African roots. Is she African or African American is a huge theme throughout Maya travels to Africa are preceded by trying to decide between the peaceful philosophies of Dr. Ma......more

Goodreads review by Ed on December 16, 2019

Many years ago, I attended a Maya Angelou reading and afterwards, she signed one of her books for me. A lovely lady, she was outgoing and gracious. This memoir covers her early 30s. She meets and works for historical icons like Billie Holiday and MLK. I was surprised to learn some things about her I......more

Quotes

"I know that not since the days of my childhood, when people in books were more real than the people one saw every day, have I found myself SO moved."

-- James Baldwin

"Full of laughter and tears, love and hate, failures and triumphs, and above all, understanding."

-- John O. Killens

"Gather Together in My Name

"Gather Together in My Name is part of a select body of literature that includes The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Claude Brown's Manchild in the Promised land, and Ernest J. Gaines's The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. Maya Angelou regards the world and herself with intelligence and wit; she records the events of her life with style and grace."

-- William McPherson, The Washington Post Book World

"Here the 'caged bird' soars, and sings in a voice as rich and funny, passionate and mellow as any writer I know."

-- Shana Alexander

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