The Arroyo Book Club will be reading The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd for their September meeting. The book jacket describes the book as “a masterpiece of hope, daring, the quest for freedom, and the desire to have a voice in the world.” The publisher says:
"The story follows Hetty "Handful" Grimke, a Charleston slave, and Sarah, the daughter of the wealthy Grimke family. The novel begins on Sarah's eleventh birthday, when she is given ownership over Handful, who is to be her handmaid. "The Invention of Wings" follows the next thirty-five years of their lives. Inspired in part by the historical figure of Sarah Grimke (a feminist, suffragist and, importantly, an abolitionist), Kidd allows herself to go beyond the record to flesh out the inner lives of all the characters, both real and imagined"Pick up a copy from the library to see for yourself and then join us on September 23 at 3:00 for a discussion.
