EAN: 9781474622691

TAKE MY HAND - DOLEN PERKINS-VALDEZ TASCHENBUCH

Shot through with spirit and hope  it's one hell of a book' Stylist  Books You Can't Miss in
2022  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.

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