Unforgettable' Celeste Ng 'One hell of a book' Stylist 'Heartbreaking and utterly immersive'
Kirsty Capes 'Deeply moving' AJ Pearce 'Wonderful' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'Magnificent' Bonnie
Garmus 'Brims with hope' Elle 'Storytelling at its finest' Glamour ---------------- HISTORY
REPEATS WHAT WE DON'T REMEMBER . . . Montgomery Alabama. 1973. Fresh out of nursing school
Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community. At the Montgomery Family
Planning Clinic she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.
But when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a tumbledown cabin
she's surprised to find that her new patients are just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither
of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy but they are poor and Black and for those
handling their welfare benefits that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As
Civil grapples with her new responsibilities she takes India and Erica into her heart and
comes to care for their family as though they were her own. But one day she arrives at their
door to discover the unthinkable has happened and nothing will ever be the same. Inspired by
true events and a shocking chapter of American history Take My Hand is a novel that will open
your eyes and break your heart. An unforgettable story about love and courage sisterhood and
solidarity it is also a timely and hopeful reminder that it only takes one person to change
the world. ---------------- Readers have been captivated by TAKE MY HAND too: ***** 'Incredibly
powerful moving and heartbreaking' ***** 'Realistic historical fiction at its best' *****
'Fans of The Colour Purple The Help Where Crawdads Sing and To Kill A Mockingbird will love
this' ***** 'Stunning shocking absolutely fantastic novel . . . I could not put this down!'
***** 'Definitely a must-read. So so moving. Can't recommend highly enough
