The invention of wings : a novel / Sue Monk Kidd.

By:

Kidd, Sue Monk

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Viking, 2014.Description: 373 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780670024780 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

[Fic] 23

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Fiction	West Grey Durham Branch Shelves	Fiction	FIC KID (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		32107000559331

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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.

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