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Take My Hand

by Dolen Perkins-Valdez

A young nurse uncovers a medical injustice that refuses to stay buried.

GenresHistoricalLiterary
Genre and trope pairingsHistoricalFeminine rageHistoricalResistanceLiterarySocial commentary
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About Take My Hand

In 1973 Montgomery, Alabama, nurse Civil Townsend begins work at a family-planning clinic and becomes entangled in the lives of two young Black girls harmed by the system meant to care for them. Inspired by true events, the novel follows her fight for accountability across decades.

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Spice
None
Darkness
Dark
Pacing
Balanced
Content warnings
  • forced sterilization
  • medical trauma
  • racism
  • child abuse
  • abortion
  • depression
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