Take My Hand
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Category - Fiction / Historical Fiction
Format - Hardcover
Condition - Like New
Listed - 2 months ago
Views - 3
Ships From - Pennsylvania
Est. Publication Date - Apr 2022
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Take My Hand
ISBN: 9780593337691
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Winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction "Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze...an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption."--Celeste ...
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Ali Williams
5 book reviews
Jul 4, 2023
Wow! Such an amazing read. I cannot reccommend this book enough. Sheds light on a lot of issues surrounding medical testing on minority groups & forced sterilization of the poor. These issues are still present today, unfortunately. Very eye opening book.
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Bookin’ on a Budget
20 book reviews
Feb 25, 2024
Take My Hand was one of the best books I read in 2022. It’s based on the true story of the Relf sisters, who were forcibly sterilized in Alabama in 1973. The story’s fictional 11 and 13-year-old Williams sisters meet a young nurse, Civil Townsend, who is working her first nursing job at a governmen...
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Maddie Habron
305 book reviews
Jul 21, 2023
I really liked this book. I think the women in this novel are incredible. From Civil to her mother, Erica and India to their grandmother, they were all unique and well-rounded characters. Readers might not know that this is based on actual events, the Southern Poverty Law Center case Relf v. Weinber...
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