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Author Perkins-Valdez, Dolen, author.

Title Take my hand / Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

Publication Info. New York : Berkley, [2022]
12 holds on first copy returned of 35 copies

Copies

Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  F PERKINS-VALDEZ, D.    On Holdshelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Adult Fiction  FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ    Lost and Paid
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - New Materials  FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ    DUE 04-13-24
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  F PERKINS-VALDEZ, D.    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  F PERKINS-VALDEZ, D.    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Adult Fiction  F PERKINS-VALDEZ    DUE 04-15-24
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  FIC PERKINS- VALDEZ    On Holdshelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ    On Holdshelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Main Level  FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ    In Transit
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  FICTION PERKINS-VALDEZ, DOLEN    In Transit +1 HOLD

Description 359 pages ; 24 cm
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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.
African American women. (OCoLC)fst00799438
Eugenics. (OCoLC)fst00916432
Involuntary sterilization. (OCoLC)fst01430556
Race relations. (OCoLC)fst01086509
Reproductive rights. (OCoLC)fst01745961
Alabama. (OCoLC)fst01204694
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Fiction. (OCoLC)fst01423787
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Legal fiction (Literature) (OCoLC)fst01921711
Legal stories.
Legal fiction (Literature)
ISBN 9780593337691 (hardcover)
0593337697 (hardcover)
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