TY - BOOK AU - Angelou,Maya TI - Letter to my daughter SN - 9781400066124 (acid-free paper) AV - PS 3551 A584l 2008 U1 - 818 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Random House KW - Angelou, Maya. KW - Authors, American KW - Homes and haunts KW - New York (State) KW - New York KW - African American authors KW - Biography KW - 20th century N1 - Home -- Philanthropy -- Revelations -- Giving birth -- Accident, coincident, or answered prayer -- To tell the truth -- Vulgarity -- Violence -- Mother's long view Morocco -- Porgy and Bess -- Bob & Decca -- Celia Cruz -- Fannie Lou Hamer -- Senegal -- The eternal silver screen -- In self-defense -- Mrs. Coretta Scott King -- Condolences -- In the valley of humility -- National spirit -- Reclaiming Southern roots -- Surviving -- Salute to older lovers -- Commencement address -- Poetry -- Mt. Zion -- Keep the faith N2 - Dedicated to the daughter she never had but sees all around her, Letter to My Daughter reveals Maya Angelou's path to living well and living a life with meaning. Whether she is recalling such lost friends as Coretta Scott King and Ossie Davis, extolling honesty, decrying vulgarity, explaining why becoming a Christian is a "lifelong endeavor," or simply singing the praises of a meal of red rice--Maya Angelou writes from the heart to millions of women she considers her extended family UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0822/2008028843.html ER -