The Heart of a Woman by Angelou, Maya

In The Heart of a Woman, Maya Angelou leaves California with her son, Guy, to move to New York. There she enters the society and world of black artists and writers, reads her work at the Harlem Writers Guild, and begins to take part in the struggle of black Americans for their rightful place in the world. In the meantime, her personal life takes an unexpected turn. She leaves the bail bondsman she was intending to marry after falling in love with a South African freedom fighter, travels with him to London and Cairo, where she discovers new opportunities.

The Heart of a Woman is filled with unforgettable vignettes of such renowned people as Billie Holiday and Malcom X, but perhaps most importantly chronicles the joys and the burdens of a black mother in America and how the son she has cherished so intensely and worked for so devotedly finally grows to be a man.

Author: Maya Angelou
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 04/21/2009
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.96h x 5.32w x 0.72d
ISBN: 9780812980325

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.6
Point Value: 15
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 19884 / Heart of a Woman


Review Citation(s):
Ebony 08/01/2014 pg. 30

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.