This work was a ministry serving young Black women’. There were all different kinds of ministers. Seager could have been doing something else, but she had chosen to help young coloured women. I was going to help uplift the race, and this clinic job would be the perfect platform for it. Medicine was a land of hierarchy and nurses were closer to the ground. Although my daddy wanted me to go to medical school, I’d always known nurses occupied an important space when it came to patients. ‘I’d been called into the fold of the health profession as early as junior high school. Her first job, following graduation, was with the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic. Her father was a doctor and had always hoped that Civil would follow in his footsteps but Civil chose nursing as she strongly believed that being on the ground would be more effective. Back then she saw the world as a place where she could make her mark and perhaps be an influencer of change. Civil Townsend, now in her sixties, is recalling those years when she first qualified as a nurse. It is during this timeframe of 1973 that Perkins-Valdez predominantly sets her story, a fictional account of that harrowing time in US history. Then be prepared to enter a rabbit-hole of research that is extremely disturbing and is guaranteed to fill your heart with shame and sadness that such actions were undertaken by some to so many. In writing this review I decided not to go into any detail about this case and I strongly advise you do not either until after you have read the Author’s Note at the end of the book. Take My Hand is a story of courage and justice, of truth and hope, inspired by the shocking true events surrounding a landmark case that took place in Alabama in the US in 1973. Take My Hand by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is published with Phoenix Books (an Orion Publishing Group imprint) and is described as ‘inspiring and unforgettable’. National Emerging Writer Programme Overview.An unforgettable story about love and courage, it is also a timely and uplifting reminder that one person can change the world. 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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