The Invention of Wings

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd paperback copyright 2014 ISBN 978-0-14-312170-1 367 pages From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a #1 New York Times bestselling novel about two unforgettable American women. — Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents 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 for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women.,,,......