Books and Bagels

The book group Books and Bagels will discuss The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd (Penguin, $17.00).  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. 

Event date: 

Sunday, June 14, 2015 - 11:00am
The Invention of Wings: A Novel By Sue Monk Kidd Cover Image
$18.00
ISBN: 9780143121701
Availability: On our shelves as of last inventory update.
Published: Penguin Books - May 5th, 2015

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