I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

A softcover in good condition. Light shelf wear around the edges and corners, with no creasing to the spine. Pages are unmarked and clean throughout. 2009 Ballantine Books mass market edition. First published in hardcover by Random House in 1969. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is Maya Angelou's debut memoir, recounting her childhood in Stamps, Arkansas, with her grandmother, her later years with her mother in St. Louis and San Francisco, and her discovery of literature and voice. The title is drawn from Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem "Sympathy."