![]() ![]() We follow Sarah’s and Hetty’s journeys for thirty-five years as both women strive to carve out a life of their own and navigate a close and complex relationship.Īmazon Rating (November): An amazing 4.7 Stars from over 12,000 reviews My Thoughts: ![]() As the story progresses, Sarah leaves Charleston to join her adventurous and fearless sister, Angelina, in the north as early pioneers in the fight for abolition and women’s rights. At first, Sarah and Handful are more like sisters and playmates as they develop a friendly companionship. Sarah has always been uncomfortable with this tradition. On the occasion of Sarah Grimke’s eleventh birthday, she’s presented with her own slave, ten-year old Hetty “Handful” Grimke. The story takes place in the pre Civil War era and begins on a plantation in Charleston. The Invention of Wings is a fictionalized biographical account of the Grimke sisters as they become trailblazers in the abolition movement and early leaders in the fight for women’s rights. Genre/Categories: Historical Fiction, Abolition of Slavery, Women’s Rights, African-American, Plantation Life Summary: I’m highlighting an old favorite because my last two reads were disappointing and I’ve decided not to write full reviews….however, you can find them mentioned later in this post. ![]() (thanks for the inspiration Sandy’s Book a Day blog!) Today, in lieu of reviewing a new release, I am choosing to revisit an old favorite which I read years before starting this blog. ![]()
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