Change is Hard
Changing yourself is hard work, especially when you’re trying to become a better person: more tolerant, braver, more willing to stand up for what you believe is right. Sarah Grimke did just that. A Southern Belle from a slave-holding family in the early 1800s, Sarah morphed over time and painful experience into a fiery enemy of the slave-holding system. Her true story was transformed beautifully into the novel, The Invention of Wings, by Sue Monk Kidd, in 2014. Sarah’s story is paired with the life of her African-American servant, named Handful. Their journey to freedom makes wonderful reading for anyone who loves a fine historical novel, as I do. If you have not yet discovered The Invention of Wings, read it and enjoy.
About The Author
Jeff Heller
I'm a historical novelist who focuses on Colonial America, particularly the French-Canadians who settled North America in the 1600s and 1700s. My first novel, A FALSE DAWN, features Louise, a young wife and mother who must search for her son and her husband when the English invade their home in French-held Montreal and torch the city.