Kidd, Sue Monk.

The Invention of Wings / Sue Monk Kidd. - 1st ed. - New York : Viking, c2014. - 373 p. ; 24 cm.

"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."--Publisher.

ISBN: 9780670024780 (hc.) 0670024783

LCCN: 2013028185

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antislavery movements
Feminists
Slaves
Women's rights

LC Class. No.: PS3611.I44 / I58 2014