{"title":"Virago","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"maya-angelou-autobiography-5-books-collection-set-paperback","title":"Maya Angelou's Autobiography Collection 5 Books Set - Memoir \u0026 Civil Rights - Non Fiction - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTitles in This Set\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nAll God's Children Need Travelling Shoes\u003cbr\u003e\nA Song Flung Up to Heaven\u003cbr\u003e\nMom and Me and Mom\u003cbr\u003e\nGather Together in My Name\u003cbr\u003e\nSingin' \u0026amp; Swingin' and Gettin' Merry Like Christmas\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nCondition: Brand New\u003cbr\u003e\nFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\nPublisher: Virago\u003cbr\u003e\nSeries: Maya Angelou's Autobiography\u003cbr\u003e\nAge Range: Adult \/ General Readership\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOverview\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nThis five-book paperback collection brings together some of Maya Angelou's most celebrated autobiographical volumes, tracing her extraordinary journey from young motherhood in America to the heart of the Civil Rights movement and her complex relationship with her own mother. 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