Bibliograph

The invention of wings, a novel, Sue Monk Kidd

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The invention of wings, a novel, Sue Monk Kidd

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The invention of wings

Oclc number

849719161

Responsibility statement

Sue Monk Kidd

Sub title

a novel

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"--, Provided by publisher

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