03467cam a2200361 4500 604046890 TxGeo 20220907120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781490602714 1490602712 1d239005-9467-4ccd-9118-73d647666c25 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2617187 OverDrive (Product ID) 5004000 5004000 TxGeo Kidd, Sue Monk. The Invention of Wings [Libby]. Recorded Books, Inc., 2014. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 375MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 375MB. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML:<p>From the celebrated author of <i>The Secret Life of Bees</i>, a magnificent 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 Grimkes' 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.</p>. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-09-06 20:00:03. Lamia, Jenna. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/2617187-TheInventionOfWings.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1d239005-9467-4ccd-9118-73d647666c25&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-425/1694-1/2617187-TheInventionOfWings.mp3 Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=1d239005-9467-4ccd-9118-73d647666c25&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen) QS5