The Invention of Wings

An amazing tale about two outstanding women from the renowned author of the worldwide blockbuster The Secret Life of Bees.

Sarah Grimké is the daughter in the middle. The one her father describes as extraordinary, and her mother describes as challenging. Sarah is given a gift on her eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimké, which is wrapped in lavender ribbons and stolen from the slave quarters she lives with her mother. Sarah is aware that her next move will cause major problems. She is also aware that she is unable to accept. Indeed, here is where the difficulty starts.

The Invention of Wings is a sweeping, powerful novel that is based on true events and takes place in the American Deep South in the nineteenth century. It celebrates the strength of sisterhood and friendship in the face of adversity and evokes a world of shocking contrasts, beauty and ugliness, and righteous people living in daily cruelty that they are blind to.