The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd

Sue Monk Kidd's New Novel, The Invention of Wings

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jan 3, 2014

Sue Monk Kidd discusses her new novel, The Invention of Wings. It's about Handful, a slave in early 19th-century Charleston who yearns for life beyond the wealthy Grimke household where she works, and the Grimke’s daughter, Sarah, who is given ownership of Handful.

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