The Invention of Wings

I loved the juxtaposition between the two characters–Sarah and Handful–who are both prisoners/slaves to the societal norms of the time: Handful being an actual slave in the American south and Sarah being held back with the expectations of being a women in the 1800's. While the narrative is slow for the most part, the events are most interesting. I have never heard of Sarah Grimke, the real-life abolitionist, so it was interesting to hear some of the events or the situations that Sarah experienced in order to change the world around her.

Easy read and enjoyable with insights of life during slavery.

Quotes:
“To remain silent in the face of evil is itself a form of evil.”

“Color prejudice is at the bottom of everything. If it's not fixed, the plight of the Negro will continue long after abolition.”

“Professor Julius Lester, which I kept propped on my desk: “History is not just facts and events. History is also a pain in the heart and we repeat history until we are able to make another's pain in the heart our own.”