The Invention of Wings
In early nineteenth century Charleston, Sarah Grimké receives ten-year-old Handful as a birthday gift to be her handmaid. Over thirty-five years, both women struggle against the constraints imposed on them—Handful yearning for freedom from slavery, Sarah striving to break free from limitations placed on women—as their lives become inextricably intertwined in a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, and the uneasy ways of love.
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