{"product_id":"take-my-hand-dolen-perkins-valdez-hardcover","title":"Take My Hand -- Dolen Perkins-Valdez, Hardcover","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze...an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption.\"--Celeste Ng \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eNAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2022 BY \u003ci\u003eNewsweek \u003cb\u003e∙\u003c\/b\u003e San Francisco Chronicle \u003c\/i\u003e ∙ \u003ci\u003eEssence \u003cb\u003e∙\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e Yahoo! 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Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut when her first week on the job takes her along a dusty country road to a worn-down one-room cabin, Civil is shocked to learn that her new patients, Erica and India, 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 their door to learn the unthinkable has happened, and nothing will ever be the same for any of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDecades 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBecause history repeats what we don't remember. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInspired by true events and brimming with hope, \u003ci\u003eTake My Hand\u003c\/i\u003e is a stirring exploration of accountability and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Dolen Perkins-Valdez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Berkley Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/12\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.18lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.26h x 6.37w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593337691\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/21\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2022 pg. 27\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2022 pg. 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDolen Perkins-Valdez\u003c\/b\u003e is the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eWench\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBalm\u003c\/i\u003e. 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