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Master and servant, Women's rights, Biographical fiction, Women slaves
Hetty "Handful" Grimké, an urban slave in early nineteenth century Charleston, yearns for life beyond the suffocating walls that enclose her within the wealthy Grimké household. The Grimké'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.
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Overwhelming, bleak, earnest and character-led.
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Sue Monk Kidd's latest novel gives visceral voice to the conflicts surrounding slavery, race and gender
Two women, white and black, strive for freedom in Sue Monk Kidd’s novel.
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On Open Library, 9 have read it and 37 want to.
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