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Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou — WisdomDeck honest review

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Mom & Me & Mom

by Maya Angelou

Angelou's final memoir, on her complicated mother Vivian Baxter: abandonment, reunion, fierce love. Short and tender.

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you want Angelou on mothers and forgiveness.

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you have not read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

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Three things you will actually use

Love can begin late.
Forgive, then love.
Mothers are people.

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Read the chapters on their reunion.

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Angelou on her mother.

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