Letter to My Daughter by Maya Angelou
First off, if you haven’t read this book by Maya Angelou, I encourage you to read this amazing book.
Angelou starts this book off identifying the intended audience, which of course, is girls. Girls across the globes, of a sizes and all nationalities, sexual preferences, and backgrounds. She writes an autobiography about things in life that have happened to her. This is not a book that necessarily reflects feminist ideals, but it is a book that comes from a woman with a fairly riveting background.
Angelou is an African American woman who was born in the south, Stamps, Arkansas in 1928. She can relate to practically all walks of life, and she explains it in this book with every story that she gives in every chapter.
She’s been a teen mom, she’s dealt with living in unfamiliar territory, she’s dealt with humility, segregation, and a number of other obstacles that were outlined in the context.
Angelou never bore a daughter in her lifetime, so she writes a story to all of her daughters across the world. Instances that brought light to her life and those that dimmed her life. She kept it raw and broad. In my opinion, that’s what makes her story inspiring. Through all her trials and tribulations, she carried on. She carried on for the sake of her son and the word of her mother.
If you’re ever in need of a good read, read Letter to My Daughter by Dr. Maya Angelou.