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\nFrom the
celebrated author of \;The Secret Life of Bees \;and the forthcom
ing novel \;The Book of Longings\, \;a novel about two unforgettab
le American women.
Writing at the height of her narrative and imagina
tive gifts\, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope\, daring\, the q
uest for freedom\, and the desire to have a voice in the world.
He tty "Handful" Grimke\, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charlest on\, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke's daughter\, Sarah\, has known fr om an early age she is meant to do something large in the world\, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women.
\nKidd's sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah's eleventh birthday\, when she is given ownersh ip of ten year old Handful\, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their re markable journeys over the next thirty five years\, as both strive for a l ife 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.
\nAs the stories build to a riveting climax\, H andful will endure loss and sorrow\, finding courage and a sense of self i n the process. Sarah will experience crushed hopes\, betrayal\, unrequited love\, and ostracism before leaving Charleston to find her place alongsid e her fearless younger sister\, Angelina\, as one of the early pioneers in the abolition and women's rights movements.
\nInspired by the histo rical figure of Sarah Grimke\, Kidd goes beyond the record to flesh out th e 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.
\nThis exquisitely written novel is a t riumph of storytelling that looks with unswerving eyes at a devastating wo und in American history\, through women whose struggles for liberation\, e mpowerment\, and expression will leave no reader unmoved.
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