The Resource Take my hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
Take my hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
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The item Take my hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Des Plaines Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- "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"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- Take my hand
- Title
- Take my hand
- Statement of responsibility
- Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Subject
-
- Eugenics -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Involuntary sterilization -- Fiction
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- Novels
- Reproductive rights -- Fiction
- Reproductive rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- African American nurses -- Fiction
- United States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- African American women -- Alabama -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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"--
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- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Perkins-Valdez, Dolen
- Dewey number
- 813/.6
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PS3616.E7484
- LC item number
- T35 2022
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Reproductive rights
- African American women
- African American nurses
- Involuntary sterilization
- Eugenics
- Reproductive rights
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Take my hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593337691
- Lccn
- 2021032916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)1306070521
- (OCoLC)on1306070521
- 3978048
- 3978048
- Label
- Take my hand, Dolen Perkins-Valdez
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9780593337691
- Lccn
- 2021032916
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)1306070521
- (OCoLC)on1306070521
- 3978048
- 3978048
Subject
- Eugenics -- United States -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Involuntary sterilization -- Fiction
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- Novels
- Reproductive rights -- Fiction
- Reproductive rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- African American nurses -- Fiction
- United States -- Race relations -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Social problem fiction
- African American women -- Alabama -- Fiction
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