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Take My Hand is inspired by the true story of two young Black girls who were surgically sterilized in 1973 in Montgomery, Alabama, without their consent, and the ensuing lawsuit that exposed the US government’s regular practice of sterilizing poor women and girls, especially women of color. The novel explores themes of othering and the savior ...
Apr 15, 2022 · April 15, 2022 at 7:00 a.m. EDT. 4 min. “Take My Hand,” the latest journey by novelist and professor Dolen Perkins-Valdez into historical fiction, is a jewel of a book but not an easy one to ...
About Take My Hand. Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when her first week on the job ...
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Apr 11, 2022 · Between its sizable length and the immense amount of research and history poured into its more than 350 pages, “Take My Hand” is an excellent example of a Big Ambitious Novel by a 21st-century woman. Fannie Lou Hamer, who is credited with coining the phrase “Mississippi appendectomy,” and Stokely Carmichael’s “Black Power” are ...
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 ...
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.
