I knew Maya always from her quotes. I came across a lot of them specially around struggle of woman, African Americans, repression, rape etc.
But I never read any of her work, and this is the first one I read. And this is her first autobiography. Yes, there are seven of them so this is not the end.
This is an amazing read. The power of the book is how it can help you to relate with the characters even if you don't know anything about them, and this does a pretty good job. You will immediately feel how that Store would have been like or how that god fearing Grandma would have treated you. Of course, she was brilliant and successful that she could tell her story because I was thinking of all the kids who were not that brilliant academically or got a scholarship. Their story would have been more frightening.
It doesn't make sense to narrate an autobiography but if you jump into it you will come out wiser or more empathatic.
I may not be actively looking for her other books but if I come across another one, I'm definitely going to pick that up.
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