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SUMMARY:Dolen Perkins-Valdez on "Take My Hand"
LOCATION:Oxon Hill\nOxon Hill
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DESCRIPTION:Meet Dolen Perkins-Valdez and hear her discuss "Take My Hand\,
 " which is inspired by true events that rocked the nation\, this is a prof
 oundly moving novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who bl
 ows the whistle on a terrible wrong done to her patients.\nAudience Q and 
 A and Book Signing to follow.\n\nCo-hosted by Mahogany Books\n.\nhttps://p
 gcmls.libnet.info/event/8235945
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><span style="text-decoration: underline\;"
 >About Dolen Perkins-Valdez:</span></p>\n<p>Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the Ne
 w York Times bestselling author of "Wench" and "Balm". She recently won th
 e NAACP Image Awards for Outstanding Fiction Literature! Additionally\, sh
 e's won the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award for fiction\, and awarded the Firs
 t Novelist Award by the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. 
 She lives in Washington\, DC with her family.</p>\n<p><span style="text-de
 coration: underline\;">About "Take My Hand":</span></p>\n<p>Montgomery\, A
 labama\, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school\, Civil Townsend intends to mak
 e a difference\, especially in her African American community. At the Mont
 gomery Family Planning Clinic\, she hopes to help women shape their destin
 ies\, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.</p>\n<p>But wh
 en her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a wor
 n-down one-room cabin\, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients\, 
 Erica and India\, are children--just eleven and thirteen years old. Neithe
 r of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy\, but they are poor and Bl
 ack\, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits\, that's reason
  enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her rol
 e\, she takes India\, Erica\, and their family into her heart. Until one d
 ay she arrives at their door to learn the unthinkable has happened\, and n
 othing will ever be the same for any of them.</p>\n<p>Inspired by true eve
 nts and brimming with hope\, "Take My Hand" is a stirring exploration of a
 ccountability and redemption.</p>\n<p><span style="text-decoration: underl
 ine\;">Please Note:</span></p>\n<p>Masks are optional throughout event.<br
  />Books will not be personalized.<br />Event guidelines are subject to ch
 ange. Each ticket includes an autographed copy of the book.<br />Please em
 ail us at least 14 days in advance at events@mahoganybooks.com should you 
 need any accommodations.<br />Parking is limited. Ridesharing highly encou
 raged.<br />Photographs may be taken during the event WITHOUT FLASH.<br />
 Please tag us and use #mahoganybooks\, #blackbooksmatter #pgmls &amp\; #Ta
 keMyHand on social media.</p>\nhttps://pgcmls.libnet.info/event/8235945
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