by Sue Monk Kidd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781472212771
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«The Invention of Wings» is the historical novel by Sue Monk Kidd, published by Headline Publishing Group in paperback (384 pages, in English).
In nineteenth-century Charleston: Sarah Grimké receives Hetty «Handful», an enslaved girl, as her handmaid. Over thirty-five years, the novel alternates their voices; Handful longs for freedom and Sarah clashes with the limits imposed on women. Inspired by the historical Sarah Grimké, it deals with slavery, abolitionism and women's rights.
Published in 2014, it received the Florida Book Award and was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award and the Dublin Literary Award.
For reading groups and readers of historical fiction and literary fiction interested in abolition and women's rights.
Sue Monk Kidd is an American writer from Sylvester, Georgia. She is best known for her historical novels, which frequently deal with themes of race, feminism, and religion and include The Secret Life of Bees and The Book of Longings.
