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7. Jan. 2014 · The invention of wings is a highly readable novel, well-written, with many memorable characters and the atmospheric pull of page-turners that don’t sacrifice depth in favor of overdramatizing the harrowing events that befall on the protagonists of the story. It’s the perfect book that will keep you entertained at first and truly engaged and invested when you reluctantly read the last line.
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11. Jan. 2014 · Sue Monk Kidd's new novel, The Invention of Wings, is a fictionalized account of the abolitionist sisters Sarah and Angelina Grimké, and the slave Hetty, given to Sarah on her 11th birthday.
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• Published by Viking, January 7, 2014 • Selected for Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 • A New York Times #1 Bestseller From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees: a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world. Hetty “Handful” Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns f...
Introduction to The Invention of Wings About Sue Monk Kidd A Conversation with Sue Monk Kidd Discussion Questions View the reading group guide
"Here’s what makes The Invention of Wings extraordinary: Sue Monk Kidd has written a conversation changer. It is impossible to read this book and not come away thinking differently about our status as women and about all the unsung heroines who played a role in getting us to where we are... A tour de force.” —Oprah Winfrey, O The Oprah Magazine "Th...
Hetty Handful Grimké There was a time in Africa the people could fly. Mauma told me this one night when I was ten years old. She said, “Handful, your granny- mauma saw it for herself. She say they flew over trees and clouds. She say they flew like blackbirds. When we came here, we left that magic behind.” My mauma was shrewd. She didn’t get any rea...
The Invention of Wings unfolds a gripping tale of bravery, struggle, and the quest for freedom. Here’s a detailed look into the main events of the novel : Exposition — The novel introduces us to Sarah Grimké on her eleventh birthday in early 19th century Charleston, South Carolina, when she’s given Hetty “Handful,” an enslaved girl, as a gift.
The actual Sarah Grimké may have been as earnest and honorable as she is here, but a little less righteousness might have furnished this story with a wider wingspan. THE INVENTION OF WINGS. By ...
Die Erfindung der Flügel (original: The Invention of Wings) ist ein Roman von Sue Monk Kidd.Die englischsprachige Originalausgabe erschien 2014 bei Viking.Im Januar 2015 kam die Übersetzung von Astrid Mania bei btb heraus.
The Invention of Wings Summary. Next. Part 1. The novel opens from Handful ’s perspective, as she retells an African legend of people who could fly but lost their wings once they were taken to America. Handful knows the legend isn’t true, but loves the idea anyway. Handful, so named for her small size at birth, is a slave for the Grimké ...
