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laurieb755 's review for:
The Invention of Wings
by Sue Monk Kidd
THIS is how history should be introduced – through historically based fiction that draws the reader in to a world and then prompts the reader to want to know more, to learn the ins and outs and the whys of the people and period.
Sue Monk Kidd has outdone herself with The Invention of Wings and I was hooked to the very last word and beyond to the end of her Author's Note.
I did not know the Grimké sisters were real people (having glossed over that point on the inside front book jacket). When I mentioned the story and characters to my husband, he immediately asked if the book was about the Grimké sisters who were the abolitionists.
This book will wrench your heart and your mind, reminding you of the horrific struggles undergone by slaves in America, and of the long term quest for race and gender equality.
If you are eager to learn more, as was I, Kidd provides an extensive list of "very readable books" at the end of her Author's Note, including:
• The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition, by Gerda Lerner
• The Feminist Thought of Sarah Grimké, by Gerda Lerner
• Lift Up They Voice: The Grimké Family's Jouney from Slaveholders to Civil Right Leaders, by Mark Perry
• The Politics of Taste in Antebellum Charleston, by Maurice D. McInnis
along with five other books about Denmark Vesey, Africans in America, To Be a Slave, a book about Harriet Powers' story quilts, and a book about African images in African American quilts.
Sue Monk Kidd has outdone herself with The Invention of Wings and I was hooked to the very last word and beyond to the end of her Author's Note.
I did not know the Grimké sisters were real people (having glossed over that point on the inside front book jacket). When I mentioned the story and characters to my husband, he immediately asked if the book was about the Grimké sisters who were the abolitionists.
This book will wrench your heart and your mind, reminding you of the horrific struggles undergone by slaves in America, and of the long term quest for race and gender equality.
If you are eager to learn more, as was I, Kidd provides an extensive list of "very readable books" at the end of her Author's Note, including:
• The Grimké Sisters from South Carolina: Pioneers for Women's Rights and Abolition, by Gerda Lerner
• The Feminist Thought of Sarah Grimké, by Gerda Lerner
• Lift Up They Voice: The Grimké Family's Jouney from Slaveholders to Civil Right Leaders, by Mark Perry
• The Politics of Taste in Antebellum Charleston, by Maurice D. McInnis
along with five other books about Denmark Vesey, Africans in America, To Be a Slave, a book about Harriet Powers' story quilts, and a book about African images in African American quilts.