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1. Happy birthday to our sweet granddaughter! We hope your day is filled with lots of love, fun and all your favorite things. 2. Happy Birthday, dear granddaughter!
Being around so many women at the reader's retreat who weren't afraid to be honest about how a book made them feel or how it related to their real-life experiences felt comforting and transformative.
The original letters and Sala's diary are in the permanent collection of the Dorot Jewish Division of the New York Public Library, and were exhibited to public in 2006. [1] The book was later adapted into a play by Arlene Hutton titled Letters to Sala. [2] The letters have also been the subject of a traveling exhibit.
Letter consists of 28 short essays, which includes a few poems and a commencement address, and is dedicated to "the daughter she never had". [2] Reviews of the book were generally positive; most reviewers recognized that the book was full of Angelou's wisdom and that it read like words of advice from a beloved grandmother or aunt.
The book’s release date is timed shortly before what would have been Martin Luther King’s 95th birthday. He was assassinated in 1968, 40 years before his granddaughter was born.
Five additional letters were published in that edition. An amplified new edition was released in 2018 in Cuba, honoring the 100th anniversary of the correspondence between Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi. [6] [7] Son's letter to father: A story of a family's responsibilities and relationships
Sunnybank Inn will host a weekend workshop and retreat, Voices of Yore, featuring Daron Douglas, a musician, storyteller and ballad singer, and Jane Hicks Gentry's great-granddaughter, from May 3-5.
Critical reception for the book has been positive and My Grandfather Would Have Shot Me has received praise from the Seattle Times, Washington Post, and The Sunday Times. [8] [9] [10] The Jewish Book Council and the News Tribune also praised the book, with the News Tribune stating that it resonated with them "because it demonstrates that we are a product of our past, but we don't have to be ...