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Apr 12, 2022 · Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of Wench (2010), Balm (2015), and most recently Take My Hand (2022). Take My Hand was awarded the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Literary Work-Fiction and the BCALA Fiction Award. It was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2022 in Newsweek, San Francisco Chronicle, Essence, NBC News, and ...
Apr 12, 2022 · Dolen Perkins-Valdez is the New York Times bestselling author of WENCH, BALM, and most recently TAKE MY HAND. *USA Today* called WENCH "deeply moving" and "beautifully written." *People* called it "a devastatingly beautiful account of a cruel past." *O, The Oprah Magazine* chose it as a Top Ten Pick of the Month, and NPR named it a top 5 book ...
Apr 12, 2022 · Take My Hand is a gem: one of those rare and beautiful novels that walks the balance beam of heartbreak and hope. Dolen Perkins-Valdez demonstrates once again the way she can breathe life into history through fiction that adds deep and profound meaning to the past — and makes its relevance to the present meaningful and clear.
“Take My Hand is a gem: one of those rare and beautiful novels that walks the balance beam of heartbreak and hope. Dolen Perkins-Valdez demonstrates once again the way she can breathe life into history through fiction that adds deep and profound meaning to the past — and makes its relevance to the present meaningful and clear.”
May 30, 2024 · Romantic drama 'Take My Hand' is inspired by the true story of director John Raftopoulos and his wife, executive producer Claire Jensz, who lives with multiple sclerosis. Romantic drama 'Take My ...
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May 12, 2022 · As a result, Take My Hand is the kind of rare, elevating, illuminating, useful art that we would all do well to grasp for dear life. ― Robert Jones, Jr., New York Times bestselling author of The Prophets Moving, important, and timely, Take My Hand is both a poignant personal story and a riveting courtroom drama. By refusing to accept the ...
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Apr 12, 2022 · Although the novel begins with a soap-operatic confrontation—and ends with a dramatic denouement, as Eilis’ fate is determined in a plot twist worthy of Edith Wharton—the author is a master of quiet, restrained prose, calmly observing the mores and mindsets of provincial Ireland, not much changed from the 1950s.
Take My Hand tackles a variety of issues related to race, poverty, class and women’s rights while presenting a memorable, astute examination of boundaries: moral, personal, professional and governmental. It’s a challenging, enlightening novel that will stay with readers. Dolen Perkins-Valdez’s illuminating third novel was inspired by a ...
Apr 22, 2022 · Take My Hand: A Novel. By Dolen Perkins-Valdez. Berkley. 368 pp. Reviewed by Carrie Callaghan. April 22, 2022. A compelling, fictional look at the sordid history of reproductive politics. At 67, Civil Townsend is troubled not only by her body’s aches and pains but also the bruises of memory. Her adopted daughter knows the story of her ...
