Summary of Maya Angelou's The Heart of a Woman

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#1 I began to write. I limited myself to short sketches, then song lyrics, then short stories. I wanted to leave Los Angeles and move to New York, where I could find my own niche and become a success.

#2 I met my mother in 1959 in Fresno, California. She was wearing her Dobbs hat and tan suede suit. I was scared of how people would react to me, but she assured me that they were just ugly and made me stop and think.

#3 My mother was afraid of white people, and she made it known. She had a dark-blue German Luger hidden under her wallet, and she was ready for the Desert Hotel if they didn’t integrate.

#4 I met a writer, John Killens, who invited me to New York. I wanted to write, and he invited me to New York. I planned for him to stay with the man I was leaving. Mother had left me and my brother for 10 years to be raised by our paternal grandmother.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669384960

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Insights on Maya Angelou's The Heart of a Woman

Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 15

Insights from Chapter 16

Insights from Chapter 17

Insights from Chapter 18

Insights from Chapter 19

Insights from Chapter 20

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I began to write. I limited myself to short sketches, then song lyrics, then short stories. I wanted to leave Los Angeles and move to New York, where I could find my own niche and become a success.

#2

I met my mother in 1959 in Fresno, California. She was wearing her Dobbs hat and tan suede suit. I was scared of how people would react to me, but she assured me that they were just ugly and made me stop and think.

#3

My mother was afraid of white people, and she made it known. She had a dark-blue German Luger hidden under her wallet, and she was ready for the Desert Hotel if they didn’t integrate.

#4

I met a writer, John Killens, who invited me to New York. I wanted to write, and he invited me to New York. I planned for him to stay with the man I was leaving. Mother had left me and my brother for 10 years to be raised by our paternal grandmother.

#5

I was going to New York with my son. I wanted to leave Saturday, and I wanted him to stay and send Guy to me in two weeks. After, he might take the house himself, or he would close it. We would remain friends.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

I visited the Killens in Brooklyn, and was shocked by the way they talked about white people.