The Invention of Wings is the new novel by Sue Monk Kidd. Kidd brings to life Sarah Grimke and her sister Nina, two famous abolitionists in the early 1800's all but forgotten today.
Kidd re-imagines Sarah's life as it parallels that of a slave named Handful, only one year younger than Sarah and given to Sarah on her 11th birthday. The Grimkes came from Charleston's upper class and it was inconceivable for the sisters to turn against slavery and fight for equal rights for slaves as well as for women, which is exactly what they ended up doing.
Kidd is a wonderful writer, and this is historical fiction at its best. I loved this book.
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