The invention of wings.
The invention of wings.
By
:
Kidd, Sue Monk.
Publication Date
:
2014
Subject Term
:
Slaves -- Fiction.
Women's rights -- Fiction.
Feminist -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
South Carolina -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Biographical fiction.
Historical 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).
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9780670024780
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