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The Invention of Wings

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by Sue Monk Kidd
Paperback
Publication Date: 14/10/2014
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From the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women. Sarah Grimke is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimke is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to Sarah as a gift. Sarah knows what she does next will unleash a world of trouble. She also knows that she cannot accept. And so, indeed, the trouble begins ...A powerful, sweeping novel, inspired by real events, and set in the American Deep South in the nineteenth century, THE INVENTION OF WINGS evokes a world of shocking contrasts, of beauty and ugliness, of righteous people living daily with cruelty they fail to recognise; and celebrates the power of friendship and sisterhood against all the odds.

ISBN:
9781472212771
9781472212771
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
14-10-2014
Publisher:
Headline Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
448
Dimensions (mm):
196x128x30mm
Weight:
0.31kg
Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd's first novel, The Secret Life of Bees, spent 2.5 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and has sold over 8 million copies worldwide. The Mermaid Chair and The Invention of Wings each went to No. 1 on the New York Times bestseller list, and stayed on the list for many months. The Secret Life of Bees was long-listed for the Orange Prize (now the Women's Prize for Fiction), and was turned into an award-winning film.

Sue is also the author of several acclaimed non-fiction books including the New York Times bestseller Travelling With Pomegranates, co-written with her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor. Sue lives in North Carolina with her husband Sandy.

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Wonderful read...just a brilliant book!

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loved this book
Even though its set in a previous century i felt this story was relevant to today and due to its factually origins an inspiration to women of all ages

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One from the very start of the year but definitely deserving to be in our Top 10. Sue Monk Kidd has taken her writing up a level with this very powerful and telling story of two sisters who devote their lives to the abolition of slavery and to the human rights movement. If you loved The Help or great Fiction this one is heavily recommended.

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