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Take my hand

Perkins-Valdez, Dolen (author.).

Summary: "Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a profoundly moving novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible wrong done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench. Montgomery, Alabama, 1973. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies. But when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, she's shocked to learn that her new patients, India and Erica, are children--just eleven and thirteen years old. Neither of the Williams sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling the family's welfare benefits, that's reason enough to have the girls on birth control. As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. Until one day she arrives at the door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them. Decades later, with her daughter grown and a long career in her wake, Dr. Civil Townsend is ready to retire, to find her peace, and to leave the past behind. But there are people and stories that refuse to be forgotten. That must not be forgotten. Because history repeats what we don't remember."--

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780593337691
  • ISBN: 0593337697
  • ISBN: 9780593337714
  • ISBN: 0593337719
  • Physical Description: print
    359 pages ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Berkley, [2022]

Content descriptions

Awards Note:
BCALA Literary Award, 2023: Fiction.

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Subject:
Reproductive rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
African American women -- Alabama -- Fiction
Involuntary sterilization -- Alabama -- Fiction
Eugenics -- United States -- Fiction
United States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
Genre:
Legal fiction (Literature)
Historical fiction.
Social problem fiction.

Available copies

  • 31 of 32 copies available at Westchester Library System.

Holds

  • 2 current holds with 32 total copies.

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Ardsley Public Library FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31000151386219 New Fiction Available -
Bedford Free Library FIC PER (Text) 31002150876109 Fiction Available -
Bedford Hills Free Library PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31003151437842 Fiction Available -
Bronxville Public Library FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31004151836488 Fiction Available -
Chappaqua Library FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31005500437258 Fiction Available -
Croton Free Library FICTION/PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31006151866605 Fiction Available -
Eastchester Public Library FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31008152532590 Fiction Available -
Greenburgh Public Library PERKINS-VALDEZ (Text) 31009154919058 Fiction Available -
Harrison Public Library PERKINS-VALDEZ, D. (Text) 31010300280536 Fiction Available -
Irvington Public Library FIC PERKINS-VALDEZ, D (Text) 31012154554057 Fiction Available -
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