Angelou’s relationship with her mother, Vivian Baxter, is a masterpiece of literary reclamation. As a child, Maya is sent away to live with her grandmother; she resents her mother for this "abandonment." But as the memoir progresses, Vivian re-enters Maya’s life as a force of nature—a gambler, a nurse, a hotel owner, a woman of immense dignity and joy. Vivian teaches Maya not by controlling her, but by embodying power. When Maya becomes a teenage mother, Vivian does not shame her; she supports her. This is the transcendent bond: the mother who helps the son (or daughter) build a self, then steps back to watch it flourish.
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