Take My Hand By Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Feb 05, 2024 
Take My Hand By Dolen Perkins-Valdez free PDF download. Take My Hand is a poignant novel based on real-life events. Set in 1973 Montgomery, Alabama, it tells the story of Civil Townsend, a Black nurse fresh from nursing school. Civil aspires to make a difference at the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic in her African American community.
However, she is taken aback when she discovers that her new patients are mere children, aged 11 and 13, who are put on birth control due to their poverty and race. As Civil wrestles with her role, she embraces the family, until she discovers that a tragic event has occurred. The book is a profound examination of accountability and redemption. It was honored with the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work – Fiction.
Take My Hand By Dolen Perkins-Valdez Book Info:
- Publisher: Berkley
- Published: April 12, 2022
- ISBN: 9780593337691
- Pages: 328
- Size: 3.46
