The Invention of Wings in Pick-a-Shelf

Feb 02, 2020 Jean rated it really liked it

Shelves: historical-fiction, book-club

This book presented several different perspectives on the slavery issue. The story line was interesting but it lagged somewhat in the middle. Overall a good read!

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Feb 09, 2020 Lahni rated it it was amazing

Shelves: historical-fiction, audiobooks, i-own-it, human-rights, award-winner, book-club-kimball, 5-stars

This book had me from the very beginning. This is a powerful book that will stay with me for a long time. Sarah and Handful had a complex relationship. Both stories were equally captivating and were woven together perfectly. I didn't know until the end that Sarah and Angelina Grimke were actual people.

This may be random but I loved the story quilt! Maybe its strange that I loved that part of the story so much but I found it really powerful. The story quilt was like another character to me and I ...more

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Jan 18, 2015 Booknblues rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: african-american, the-south, survival, family-relationships, friendship

I enjoyed every minute of reading The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd. It was told in alternating chapters from the point of view of Sarah Grimke and her slave Hetty or Handful. Sarah is a precocious girl who feels confined to the roles allowed women of her time. She is upset when she is given Hetty as her serving girl, because Sarah doesn't believe in slavery. Sarah and Hetty develop an uneasy friendship given the disparity of their positions.

While this starts as a coming of age book, it fo ...more

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