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Midu Reads
Midu Reads rated it 7 years ago
Fifteen years before Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin, which was wholly influenced by American Slavery As It Is, a pamphlet written by Sarah, Angelina, and Angelina’s husband, Theodore Weld, and published in 1839, the Grimké sisters were out crusading not only for the immediate emancipa...
NiWa
NiWa rated it 8 years ago
Charleston, USA. Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts. Sarah ist 11 Jahre alt, darf nun in ihr eigenes Zimmer ziehen und bekommt die etwas jüngere Handful als Geschenk. Ein Geburtstagsgeschenk, das sie eigentlich nicht will, doch die schwarze Handful ist ihr ab sofort als Zofe und Dienstmädchen zugeteilt.Sue...
Words of a Bibliophile
Words of a Bibliophile rated it 8 years ago
"...I felt the old, irrepressible ache to know what my point in the world might be. I felt the longing more solemnly than anything I'd ever felt, even more than my old innate loneliness." This book is divided into chapters told by Sarah Grimké, one of America's first female abolitionists and feminis...
C. P. Lesley
C. P. Lesley rated it 8 years ago
A beautifully written, emotionally compelling story of slavery in the early 19th-century United States, told from the contrasting perspectives of Sarah Grimké, a Charleston planter's daughter, and Hetty (Handful), the slave given to Sarah by her parents as a maid to mark Sarah's 11th birthday. With ...
Ruined by Reading
Ruined by Reading rated it 8 years ago
Chasing the North Star is the story of a slave named Jonah who learns to read as he serves his master’s children, listening in on their lessons. He is whipped when he is found reading in the hayloft, accused of stealing a book he was given by the mistress. Humiliated and hurt, Jonah decides impulsiv...
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0 rated it 9 years ago
89. THE INVENTION OF WINGS, BY SUE MONK KIDDI’ll admit: I wasn’t really attracted to the idea of reading this book, mainly because of the Oprah’s Book Club thing. Yes, so very snobbish of me, and I’m glad I managed to get over it. I’m not sure even why the Oprah’s Book Club would have been a bad thi...
Roving Book Club
Roving Book Club rated it 9 years ago
Read by Una - Based on a true story. Two women yearning for freedom, one a slave, one a white woman who owns her. Ended somewhat abruptly. Sad but great.
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0
Angel's Book Reviews 2.0 rated it 9 years ago
74. THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES, BY SUE MONK KIDDRecommended by Michelle, my most prolific recommender! I’ll probably spend a while reading the books she recommended. At least so far I’ve been enjoying them, so I’d recommend her recommendations…Synopsis: Lily Owens is a 14 year old girl who has lived he...
Lost Girls Reviews
Lost Girls Reviews rated it 9 years ago
This story begins on a peach farm in the American South back in 1964. Lily is a 14 year old girl who was left living with her abusive father after her mother died when Lily was merely 4 years old under circumstances that she feels responsible for. Lily has only a small box with some personal items b...
All about me
All about me rated it 9 years ago
A fantastic read. I loved the irreverent voice of Handful. It contrasted beautifully with Sarah's more tentative voice. While Handful was the moral fulcrum, Sarah went through a big transformation from an almost genteel kind of polite liberal to a full-blown activist. And in spite of her fear that s...
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