The invention of wings /

The invention of wings /

"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the...

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Main Author: Kidd, Sue Monk
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Viking, 2014.
Series:Oprah's book club
Subjects:
Grimké, Sarah, > 1792-1873 > Fiction.
Grimké, Sarah, > 1792-1873.
Grimké, Sarah Moore, > 1792-1873 > Fiction.
Antislavery movements > Fiction.
Feminists > South Carolina > Fiction.
Women's rights > Fiction.
Abolitionists > Fiction.
Mouvements antiesclavagistes > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Féministes > Caroline du Sud > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
Femmes > Droits > Romans, nouvelles, etc.
FICTION > General.
FICTION > Literary.
FICTION > Historical.
Antislavery movements.
Feminists.
Women's rights.
Roman
Amerikanisches Englisch
Biographical fiction
Historical fiction
Feminists > Fiction.
South Carolina.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Fiction.
Summary: "The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go beyond the record to flesh out the inner lives of all the characters, both real and imagined"--
Physical Description: 373 pages ; 25 cm
Awards: Oprah Book Club Section
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (page 369).
ISBN: 9780670024780
0670024783
9780525426806
0525426809

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