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Kidd, Sue Monk.

The invention of wings / Sue Monk Kidd. - London : Tinder Press, 2014. - 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"--

ISBN: 9781472212757 (hbk.) 9781472212740 (tr. pbk.) 1472212754 (hbk.)

Nat. Bib. No.: GBB397029 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 016525607 Uk

Subjects--Personal Names:
Grimké, Sarah Moore, 1792-1873 --Fiction.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Antislavery movements--Fiction.
Feminists--South Carolina--Fiction.
Women's rights--Fiction.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Southern States--History--19th century--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.

Dewey Class. No.: 813.6