I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.

I have always been apprehensive about picking up this book in the past.  I can finally say I was glad to have read it.  It was an engrossing book about the trials and tribulations of Marguerite.  Angelou was quite detailed in her writing but I felt as if the last 20 pages were rushed.  Marguerite's parents, Daddy Bailey and Mother Dear, left me with a weird feeling.  I felt as if Daddy Bailey was a poor example of a father and there was something amiss with Mother Dear.  I kept thinking she was going to drop a bombshell on Bailey Junior and Marguerite.  There character of Momma really made the novel for me.  A strong independent woman for Marguerite to look up to is something to be admired.