Invention Of Wings, Sue Monk KiddFrom the celebrated author of the international bestseller The Secret Life of Bees comes an extraordinary novel about two exceptional women. Sarah Grimk is the middle daughter. The one her mother calls difficult and her father calls remarkable. On Sarah's eleventh birthday, Hetty 'Handful' Grimk is taken from the slave quarters she shares with her mother, wrapped in lavender ribbons, and presented to Sarah as a gift. Sarah knows what she does next

Sally channels her annoyance into a sketch called the Danny Horst Rule

a middle-aged writer mourning his exile from the bestseller list—all have a part to play in this surreal

phone calls

solitary walks across the moors and fells

While the rest of America was in the grips of social turmoil

a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like)

the human embodiment of divinity

” But when he meets an eccentric young neighbor

revelatory account of the racism he endured during his time as a student at the prestigious institution

the rugged gardener

body worker

and dating conversations