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The invention of wings, Sue Monk Kidd

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Hetty "Handful" Grimké, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimké household. The Grimké's daughter, Sarah, has known 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. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. Over the next thirty-five years, both women 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
Language
eng
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Publication
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
651 pages (large print)
Isbn
9781410465320
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Label
The invention of wings
Title
The invention of wings
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Sue Monk Kidd
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Author
Subject
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Language
eng
Summary
Hetty "Handful" Grimké, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimké household. The Grimké's daughter, Sarah, has known 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. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. Over the next thirty-five years, both women 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
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Traces more than three decades in the lives of a wealthy Charleston debutante who longs to break free from the strictures of her household and pursue a meaningful life; and the urban slave, Handful, who is placed in her charge as a child before finding courage and a sense of self
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Award
Library Journal Best Books, 2014.
Awards note
Oprah Book Club Section
Biography type
contains biographical information
http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
10234552
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DLC
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Kidd, Sue Monk
Dewey number
813/.6
Index
no index present
Interest level
UG
LC call number
PS3611.I44
LC item number
I58 2014b
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920
Literary form
fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
Reading level
6.3
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True
Series statement
Thorndike Press large print basic
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Accelerated Reader AR
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  • Grimké, Sarah Moore
  • Grimké, Sarah Moore
  • Antislavery movements
  • Feminists
  • Women's rights
  • Large type books
  • Abolitionists
  • Women's rights
  • FICTION
  • Antislavery movements
  • Feminists
  • Large type books
  • Women's rights
  • South Carolina
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adult
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The invention of wings, Sue Monk Kidd
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Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn861210583
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
651 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781410465320
Lccn
2013045649
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
9781410465320
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)861210583
Label
The invention of wings, Sue Monk Kidd
Publication
Copyright
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocn861210583
Dimensions
23 cm.
Edition
Large print edition.
Extent
651 pages (large print)
Form of item
large print
Isbn
9781410465320
Lccn
2013045649
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
n
Other control number
9781410465320
Specific material designation
large print
System control number
(OCoLC)861210583

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