As Civil grapples with her role, she takes India, Erica, and their family into her heart. 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.
At the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she hopes to help women shape their destinies, to make their own choices for their lives and bodies.īut 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. Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend intends to make a difference, especially in her African American community. Inspired by true events that rocked the nation, a searing and compassionate new novel about a Black nurse in post-segregation Alabama who blows the whistle on a terrible injustice done to her patients, from the New York Times bestselling author of Wench “Deeply empathetic yet unflinching in its gaze…an unforgettable exploration of responsibility and redemption.”-Celeste Ng An unforgettable story about love and courage, it is also a timely and uplifting reminder that one person can change the world.Winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction Inspired by true events and a shocking chapter of recent history, Take My Hand is a novel that will open your eyes and break your heart. When Civil discovers a terrible injustice, she must choose between carrying out instructions or following her heart and decides to risk everything to stand up for what is right. Neither of the two young sisters has even kissed a boy, but they are poor and Black, and for those handling their welfare benefits, that’s reason enough to have them on birth control. She wants to help women make their own choices for their lives and bodies.īut when her first week on the job takes her down a dusty country road to a tumbledown cabin and into the heart of the Williams family, Civil learns there is more to her new role than she bargained for.
Fresh out of nursing school, Civil Townsend has big plans to make a difference in her community.
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