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Sep 18, 2014 Caroline Bock rated it really liked it

A book that takes a few pages to fly -- but ends up as one of the most powerful books I've read in a long time. My only quibble: I'd like to know what happens next to the set of sisters... I want a follow up to this book that transverses the Civil War and suffragette movement! ...more

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Jan 03, 2014 Julie rated it it was amazing

Shelves: adult-books, read-in-2014

When Sarah Grimke turns 11 years old, her mother gives her a very special birthday gift: her very own slave, 10 year-old Handful. But Sarah is an unusual Southern girl who abhors slavery, even at her young age. She tries to refuse the gift, but her mother forces her to accept it. So she takes Handful as her handmaid, and they form a unique relationship that lasts a lifetime.

In The Invention of Wings, Sue Monk Kidd tells the story of these two fascinating women by alternating between their voices ...more

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Jan 25, 2014 Fatma rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, recommendation

I don't like book that talks about slavery stories , but this book is different .From the first page you start to think this will be very good book.
" Every time mauma woke and found me in bed with her, she had a fit, saying all the trouble there would be if I got caught, how I already lived too far out on missus' bad side". Very sad , you won't believe this wasn't long time ago, when you are 10 as slave you will be gifted to your master , then you sleep in front of her room each night ( just in ...more

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Jul 25, 2014 Greg Heller rated it it was amazing

A very powerful book and a wonderful read. It was a sad time of slavery and suppressed women's rights lead by misguided Christians. Were their beliefs much different than those of today's Islamic extremists? It's amazing how people use religion to explain their twisted minds. ...more

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