The Invention of Wings

Posted on 17 February 2017 by Sue Monk Kidd

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 and it is now the newest Oprah s Book Club 2.0 selection.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.Kidd s sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah s eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid We follow their remarkable journeys over the next thirty five years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other s destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love.As the stories build to a riveting climax, Handful will endure loss and sorrow, finding courage and a sense of self in the process Sarah will experience crushed hopes, betrayal, unrequited love, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongside her fearless younger sister, Angelina, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women s rights movements.Inspired by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out the rich interior lives of all of her characters, both real and invented, including Handful s cunning mother, Charlotte, who courts danger in her search for something better.This exquisitely written novel is a triumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wound in American history, through women whose struggles for liberation, empowerment, and expression will leave no reader unmoved. Read The Invention of Wings Author Sue Monk Kidd – kino-fada.fr A must read I found this to be one of the most powerful novels I ve read I m from South Carolina and I love Charleston but not always her history Im very sad that the courageousness of the Grimke Sisters is notwell known he...We think that we know something about the atrocities of slavery because we learned about it in American history class, or we saw glimpses of it in a movie or a book But it isn t until we confront a depiction of it that seems so real and horrible, that we realize how very little we really know of the injustice of slavery Sue Monk Kidd has provided that depiction in this amazing novel In blending fact and fiction, she tells the story of Sarah and Angelina Grimke, two sisters from Charleston, S We think that we know something about the atrocities of slavery because we learned about it in American history class, or we saw glimpses of it in a movie or a book But it isn t until we confront...I don t know how the book I read can be the same that has received 4 and 5 stars I found the book to be mediocre at best With very little character development the book is shallow I felt nothing for anyone with th...Audiobooks have been my preferred reading format for about 5 years now, and I probably listen to at least 30 audiobooks a year, but it is rare that I come across an audio so beautifully narrated and a story so deeply stirring that it leaves me feeling like anything I can say about it will be inadequate The Invention of Wings was a powerful story of a turbulent time in history and that was conveyed in the brilliant narration by Jenna Lamia and Adepero Oduye The story alternates points of view f...Such an amazing book I loved every page of it This book was amazing I love books that make one think and feel and this book did both Parts were inspiring, parts were devastating, disturbing, etc This is the story of mainly 2 women but alsowomen of note are also in this book as minor characters The novel really begins when an 11 year old daughter of a plantation owner is given a slave for her 11th birthday Well, actually the novel begins when Sarah experiences speaking difficulties a Such an amazing book I loved every page of it This book was amazing I love books that...Sue Monk Kidd is the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees so it s no surprise that she s back on the scene with an Oprah approved title The Invention of Wings, similar to it s Bees, takes place in the south and follows the lives of two women Where the two novels differ is that The Invention of Wings takes place during a time in American history when the south wanted nothingthan to preserve its lot in the slave trade Sarah Grimke and Hetty Handful alternate the narration of thi Sue Monk Kidd is the bestselling author of The Secret Life of Bees so it s no surprise that she s back on the scene with an Oprah approved title The Invention of Wings, similar to it s Bees, takes place in the south and follows the lives of two women Where the two novels differ is that The Invention of Wings takes place during a time in American history when the south wanted nothingthan to preserve its lot in the slave trade Sarah Grimke and Hetty Handful alternate the narration of this inspiring story Each woman is anxious to find freedom For one, that freedom is physical, and the other freedom from backwards thinking Sarah is from an aristocratic southern family where her father is a judge on South Carolina s highest court She expects that some day she will be able to walk in his footsteps For her 11th birthday she is given a slave named Hetty The idea of owning someone is preposterous to Sarah, e...This is a book whose topic is one which makes me feel supremely uncomfortable slavery Usually, I avoid books like this, they make me feel wretched and sad tethered as I am here in 2014 and utterly powerless to change history Before this novel, I knew nothing of Sarah Grimke and her sister Nina and I m grateful to Sue Monk Kidd for enlightening me.Sarah Grimke was the eighth child of fourteen children, Nina the twelfth, their father was a plantation owner but the family lived in Charleston an This is a book whose topic is one which makes me feel supremely uncomfortable slavery Usually, I avoid books like this, they make me feel wretched and sad tethered as I am here in 2014 and utterly powerless to change history Before this novel, I knew nothing of Sarah Grimke and her sister Nina and I m grateful to Sue Monk Kidd for enlightening me.Sarah Grimke was the eighth child of fourteen children, Nina the twelfth, their father was a plantation owner but the family lived in Charleston and had urban slaves Sarah s own personal rebellion against slavery began at age 11 when she refused the gift from her parents of her own slave, Handful Her parents heard her then but it would take until she was 43 for America to hea...1.99 Kindle sale, Sept 6, 2018 A strong 4 stars This is a semi factual novelization of the life of Sarah Grimke, an actual abolitionist and women s rights advocate born in Charleston, S.C in the early 1800s It s also a tales of slavery, as the novel alternates each chapter between the voices of Sarah and her slave Hetty, or Handful who was very loosely based on an actual person Angelina and Sarah Grimke, southern ladies, sisters and early abolitionists.Sarah, an intelligent, introspecti 1.99 Kindle sale, Sept 6, 2018 A strong 4 stars This is a semi factual novelization of the life of Sarah Grimke, an actual abolitionist and women s rights advocate born in Charleston, S.C in the early 1800s It s also a tales of slavery, as the novel alternates each chapter between the voices of Sarah and her slave Hetty, or Handful who was very loos...I was not expecting this book to grab my heartstrings and pull the way that it did It was unexpected, fresh, and interesting I literally read this book in two sittings, and wasn t ready for it to end when it did In fact, I actually thought I hadto read, but quickly found out that the author s note was stuck in there Sue Monk Kidd outdid herself with the amount of research she had to do to keep this novel accurate, and taking liberties with telling the story of Hetty Handful and Sarah G I was not expecting this book to grab my heartstrings and pull the way that it did It was unexpected, fresh, and interesting I literally read this book in two s...Where to start in trying to explain all the amazing things this novel contained It is powerful, intense, profound and amazing in every way The real lifeGremke sisters, born into a family of wealth, on a plantation that of course had slaves, in Charleston in the middle of the 19th century, but before the Civil War This is their story and the story of others who also fought for the abolishment of slavery It is also the story of Handful, a slave and her mother on the Gremke plantation Some was Where to start in trying to explain all the amazing things this novel contained It is powerful, intense, profound and amazing in every way The real lifeGremke sisters, born into a family of wealth, on a plantation that of course had slaves, in Charleston in the middle of the 19th century, but before the Civil War This is their story and the story of others who...

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17 February 2017

Sue Monk Kidd