The Invention of Wings
Ranked #2 in Slavery, Ranked #8 in Oprah — see more rankings.
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.
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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.
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Rankings by Category
The Invention of Wings is ranked in the following categories:
- #21 in 2014
- #46 in African American
- #45 in African American History
- #33 in Book Club
- #42 in Historical Fiction
- #64 in Human Rights
- #12 in Invention
- #98 in Mom
- #65 in Racism
- #35 in Sister
- #16 in South
- #99 in Strong Women
- #82 in Used
- #90 in Women
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