"The Invention of Wings" by Sue Monk Kidd. ****

• Audiobook
• Book Club Selection
• US author
• Originally published in 2014

Review:  

I really enjoyed listening to this book. The two protagonists, Sarah and Hetty/"Handfull", were engaging, strong characters. In fact, most of the characters were memorable, so it was a pleasant surprise to hear the author's afterword in which she reveals that most of the story is faithful to actual history. This is at once a story of the birth of the abolitionist movement and women's rights, and a story about two women growing into themselves and finding the means to express themselves despite current social and religious morays. So we have a tale in which social movements and two memorable women find their wings and move from fledgling to full maturity.