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I have been off Sue Monk Kidd for several years now because her New Age spiritual quests just make me tired. However, this is a more straightforward historical novel about an actual 19th Century abolitionist, Sarah Grimké , and her slave Hetty (Hetty was also a real person. However, she died in childhood, so this character is almost wholly imagined.), AKA Handful
Sarah is born to an upper class Charleston family but turns against slavery after she is forced to watch a slave being whipped as a chi ...more
Sarah is born to an upper class Charleston family but turns against slavery after she is forced to watch a slave being whipped as a chi ...more
On her eleventh birthday Sarah Grimke is given her own personal,10 year old slave, Hetty /Handful. "The Invention of Wings" is historical fiction writing at its best, re-imagining the lives of abolitionist sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimke. Almost completely lost to history, the Grimke sisters, natives of Charleston, are those rare individuals who risk everything to fight for their beliefs; suffering the rejection of family, friends, community, and even the Quaker church. The voices of Handful &
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Dec 11, 2013
Sandi*
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Toni Moore
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