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The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Hardback, 2014)

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From the celebrated author ofThe Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent vel about two unforgettable American women Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world and it is w the newest Oprah s Book Club 2.0 selection. Hetty Handful Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke s daughter, Sarah, has kwn from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. Kidd s sweeping vel is set in motion on Sarah s eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next thirty five years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other s destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love. As the stories build to a riveting climax, Handful will endure loss and sorrow, finding courage and a sense of self in the process. Sarah will experience crushed hopes, betrayal, unrequited love, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongside her fearless younger sister, Angelina, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women s rights movements. Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented, including Handful s cunning mother, Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better. This exquisitely written vel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave reader unmoved.

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Publisher
Viking Books
ISBN-10
0670024783
ISBN-13
9780670024780
eBay Product ID (ePID)
183509352

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Sewn,PAPER over Boards,With Dust Jacket, Hardback
Language
English
Topic
Historical & Mythological Fiction
Author
Sue Monk Kidd

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Date of Publication
07/01/2014
Country of Publication
United States
Author Biography
Sue Monk Kidd is the award-winning and bestselling author of the novelsThe Secret Life of BeesandThe Mermaid Chair. She is also the author of several acclaimed memoirs, including theNew York TimesbestsellerTraveling with Pomegranates, written with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor. She lives in Florida.

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