I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, helped me understand abuse. I learned that abuse can take many forms and can follow you from childhood until you become an adult. Sometimes being unable to express how you feel and what is happening can make you feel that abuse is your own fault. It was rewarding to read from a woman who overcame it with a positive outcome, and it helped me to manage my own feelings and accept that what happened was not my fault. Sometimes the ones that were supposed to protect you and watch over you were not good people, but they are all only human. Tanya