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Dive into the story of two Black British individuals who won scholarships to private schools at a pub in Southeast London and struggled to fit in and meet. They are both artists, he a photographer and she a dancer, trying to establish themselves in a city that both accepts and rejects them.

Maya Angelou dedicates this book to the daughter she never had, but those women she sees all around her. In short essays, she shares lessons learned from a life well lived.
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