The Invention of Wings
This was a very interesting, personal look into the world of slavery in the early and mid 1800s. It also touched on women's issues as well, so I could relate and be extra outraged. I definitely enjoy this book, and the audio version is great. It alternates between two readers, one for the daughter of slave owners, and one for the slave she (unwillingly) owned.
A couple of quotes I liked:
“If you must err, do so on the side of audacity.”
― Sue Monk Kidd
“I saw then what I hadn't seen before, that I was very good at despising slavery in the abstract, in the removed and anonymous masses, but in the concrete, intimate flesh of the girl beside me, I'd lost the ability to be repulsed by it. I'd grown comfortable with the particulars of evil. There's a frightful muteness that dwells at the center of all unspeakable things, and I had found my way into it.”
― Sue Monk Kidd
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