From the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees, a magnificent novel about two unforgettable American women Writing at the height of her narrative and imaginative gifts, Sue Monk Kidd presents a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world--and it is now the newest Oprah's Book Club 2.0 selection. Hetty "Handful" Grimke, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimke household. The Grimke's daughter, Sarah, has known from an early age she is meant to do something large in the world, but she is hemmed in by the limits imposed on women. Kidd's sweeping novel is set in motion on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership of ten year old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys...
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En fantastisk bok om slaveriet i Sydstaterna. Otäck men också varmhjärtad. Om vänskapen mellan Trubbel (slav) och Sarah "ägare". Om ett lapptäcke med minnen och om hur vingarna ska växa ut och ge dem frihet. Om syskonen Sarah och Angelina Grimké , de första kvinnorna som reste runt och talade för slaveriets avskaffande. LÄS!