Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas

On this third self-contained quantity of her autobiography, which started with
I Know Why the Caged Hen Sings, Maya Angelou strikes into the grownup world. Maya struggles to help herself and her son by a collection of strange jobs and weathers a failed marriage to a white man earlier than touchdown a gig singing in probably the most well-liked nightclubs on the San Francisco coast. From there, she is known as to New York to affix the forged of
Porgy and Bess. Maya quickly finds herself on a joyous and dramatic journey, touring overseas by Italy, France, Greece, Yugoslavia, and Egypt with spirited forged members, and performing for giant, enthusiastic audiences. The thrilling expertise is dampened solely by Maya’s nagging guilt that she has deserted the particular person she loves most in life, her son, whose reentrance into her world reveals to Maya the therapeutic energy of devotion and love.

Charged with Maya Angelou’s outstanding sense of life and love,
Singin’ and Swingin’ and Gettin’ Merry Like Christmas is a singular celebration of the human situation–and an enthralling saga that has touched, impressed, and empowered readers worldwide.