Balm dolen perkins valdez6/28/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Valdez offers beautifully written prose, gripping dialogue, and unforgettable characters.” NPR says, “It’s a haunting tale of how the actions of government agencies aren’t innocent of racism, injustice, or abuse, emotional and physical, of Black people in America. The book has just been released in paperback by Berkley Books. ![]() Professor Dolen Perkins Valdez’s award-winning latest historical novel, Take My Hand, is inspired by the true story of the sisters, who are now in their sixties. Until one day she makes the terrible discovery that the girls have been surgically sterilized without their consent. 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 federally funded Montgomery Family Planning Clinic, she intends to help women 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 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 has big plans to make a difference, especially in her African American community. ![]()
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