"Handful's always been trouble. A slave in the Grimké household like her beloved mother Charlotte, Handful knows the rules, in all their brutality, but no one can stop her pushing them to the limit. When, at ten years old, she's presented to her owner's most difficult daughter, Sarah, as a birthday present, the sparks begin to fly..."

"From the multi-million-copy selling author Sue Monk Kidd."

Sent as a present for the Birthday Group to a BCer who has it in her WishList.
I hope you'll like it, as well as the assorted goodies I have chosen for you.
Enjoy, and Happy Birthday! :)

Thank you so much! I loved "The secret life of bees" and the "Mermaid chair", so I'm really looking forward to reading this.

Finally got to read this one and I can easily place it among my favorites of 2018.

Powerfull and heartbreaking, a typical excample of those rare books that managed to keep me severely angry for most of its pages, and at the same time be such a delightful read. Strongly recommended, especially if you are interested in strong female voices, the struggle for the abolition of slavery and women's rights. I can't judge its historical accuracy, but I can safely say it paves the way for more awareness and personal research in a very emotional way.