The invention of wings
On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she is given ownership of ten-year-old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next 35 years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship marked...
| Main Author: | Kidd, Sue Monk. |
|---|---|
| Other Authors: | Lamia, Jenna., Oduye, Adepero. |
| Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[New York] :
Penguin Audio,
[2014]
|
| Edition: | Unabridged. |
| Subjects: |
| Summary: |
On Sarah's eleventh birthday, she is given ownership of ten-year-old Handful, who is to be her handmaid. We follow their remarkable journeys over the next 35 years, as both strive for a life of their own, dramatically shaping each other's destinies and forming a complex relationship marked by guilt, defiance, estrangement and the uneasy ways of love. |
|---|---|
| Item Description: |
Title from web page. Compact discs. Duration: 13:30:00. |
| Physical Description: |
12 sound discs (810 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN: |
9781611762525 1611762529 |
| Author Notes: |
She got her start in writing at the age of 30 when a personal essay she wrote for a writing class was published in Guideposts and reprinted in Reader's Digest. She went on to become a contributing editor at Guideposts and a freelancer. She primarily writes non-fiction, but is best known for her novel, The Secret Life of Bees, which won the 2004 Book Sense Paperback book of the Year. The book was made into a movie in 2008. Her other works include God's Joyful Surprise, When the Heart Waits, The Dance of the Dissident Daughter, Firstlight, and Traveling with Pomegranates: A Mother-Daughter Story. The Mermaid Chair won the 2005 Quill Award for General Fiction and was adapted into a television movie by Lifetime. Sue's title, The Invention of Wings, was selected as the Oprah Book Club 2.0 read in January, 2014. This title also made The New York Times Best Seller List. (Bowker Author Biography) |