Mom & Me & Mom is the seventh book in author Maya Angelou's series of autobiographies. The book was published in 2013, shortly before Mother's Day and Angelou's 85th birthday. It focuses on her relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter. The book explains Baxter's behavior, especially her abandonment of Angelou and Angelou's older brother when they were young children. It also chronicles Angelou's reunion and reconciliation with Baxter. Mom & Me & Mom is an overview of Angelou's life and revisits many of the anecdotes related in her previous books. Angelou was one of the first African American female writers to openly discuss her life through autobiography, upholding the long traditions of African American autobiography but challenging the usual structure of the autobiography by critiquing, changing, and expanding the genre. Like Angelou's previous autobiographies, Mom & Me & Mom received mostly positive reviews. Most reviewers state that Baxter is presented well in the book. Pictures of Angelou, Baxter, and members of their family appear through the book. An audio version, read by Angelou, was released in CD form and as a digital download.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
610:
Heraclius was crowned Byzantine Emperor, after having personally beheaded the previous emperor Phocas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraclius
1789:
French Revolution: Upset about the high price and scarcity of bread, thousands of Parisian women and their various allies marched on the royal palace at Versailles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_March_on_Versailles
1903:
Samuel Griffith became the first Chief Justice of Australia, while Edmund Barton and Richard O'Connor became the first Puisne Justices of the High Court of Australia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_O%27Connor_(politician)
1970:
The environmental organization Greenpeace was incorporated as the Don't Make a Wave Committee in British Columbia, Canada. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenpeace
2001:
American baseball player Barry Bonds surpassed Mark McGwire's single-season home run total with his milestone 71st and 72nd home runs. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Bonds
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
amber: 1. Translucent fossilized tree resin, generally yellow or orange but sometimes blue, often used as jewelry. 2. (in British English) The middle light in a set of three traffic lights, between the red and the green lights. 3. (in biology, biochemistry and genetics) The RNA codon UAG, which stops the third stage of protein production, translation. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/amber
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The real test of a man is not how well he plays the role he has invented for himself, but how well he plays the role that destiny assigned to him. --Václav Havel https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Havel