


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. a conversation changer." - Oprah Winfrey, O, The Oprah Magazine "Powerful.furthers our essential understanding of what has happened among us as Americans - and why it still matters." - The Washington Post 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. "A remarkable novel that heightened my sense of what it meant to be a woman - slave or free. The #1 New York Times bestseller of hope, daring, and the quest for freedom taken on by two unforgettable American women, from the celebrated author of The Secret Life of Bees.
