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. 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. This means that if you choose to purchase, I’ll make a small commission.) The Invention of Wings Synopsis We’ve provided suggestions for 3 books like The Invention of Wings! Finally, we’ve curated a few quotes from book reviews to ensure you and your book club get to see the full breadth of opinions on this read!Īnd if you enjoyed the novel, be sure to read to the end of this guide for a special treat. Next, we’ve provided 10 The Invention of Wings book club questions that should spark conversation between you and your friends. First, we’ve provided a synopsis of the book, to help you keep track of all those characters and historical events. Our discussion guide for The Invention of Wings is formatted to help you make the most of the lessons you internalized while you were reading. What allows people to overlook atrocities committed right under their noses? Can true love co-exist with pity, anger, and guilt? Is freedom worth paying any price? We’re here to help you tackle these thorny themes with our The Invention of Wings book club questions. But be warned, once you are transported into the past, you will have to reckon with some of its most troubling questions. Selected by Oprah’s Book Club 2.0 and based on the true story of one of America’s first female abolitionists, The Invention of Wings is filled with the sights, smells, crafts, and chores of a bygone era. I highly recommend this holiday novella, it sure kick started me and put me into the holiday spirit.If you’ve set a goal to help your book club read more diversely or examine racial issues, we have just the book for you: The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd. What more could you need to kick off the holiday season? I giggled, yelled a couple of times, smiled, and got a little steamed up. There are laughs, shenanigans, Christmas tree capers, sexy times, and our favorite (and not so favorite) characters from Behind My Words.

I liked it! Blake, Spencer, G, Lisa, Kim and Shannen are all back in this short holiday read to celebrate Christmas at the Cabin.Ĭhristmas at the Cabin starts off with a bang and it just keeps on going from there. What happens when that holiday novella features the characters from Behind My Words? So what happens when your mood towards Christmas is totally bah humbug and grinch-like and one of your favorite authors writes a holiday novella? You read it of course!

Christmas at the Cabin by J.L. Drake