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082			_aFIC PER _2
100	1		_aPerkins-Valdez, Dolen
245	1	0	_aTake my hand _c/ Dolen Perkins-Valdez
260			_aNew York _b: Berkley _c, 2022
300			_a357p. _c; 23 cm
520			_aMontgomery, 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.
546			_aEnglish
650		4	_aReproductive rights _z-United States _x-History _y-20th century _x-Fiction
650		4	_aAfrican American women _v--Fiction
650		4	_aInvoluntary sterilization _z-Alabama _x-Fiction
650		4	_aRace relations _x-Fiction
651		4	_aAlabama _v--Fiction
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