Glove Her Hands

By Mary Kinzelberg

The four black servants her parents employ are the only family Rachael has. It is the 1950s in a wealthy suburb of St. Louis, Missouri, and 13-year-old Rachael, is compelled to do something about the prejudice suffered by Black people in the Midwest and South. Rachael's attachment to the family's servants raise her consciousness to the truth of discrimination which springs her to actions and crises that alienate her from many of her friends and earn disapproval from her parents. Although Rachael's middle class friends are envious of her parents' movie star looks and the extraordinary life style of which she is an unwilling part, they don't know the secret, lonely, and invisible life of Rachael. Rachael ultimately learns how much of her parents' indulgences are only made possible by the family's loving servants, who are denied human rights and demonized by society. Rachael's heart is broken and strengthened by teenage love, moving across the country from her real family and a devastating loss. The strength to move on transforms Rachael into a dedicated civil rights advocate and the astonishing truth of why Rachael had to experience all she did so Although Rachael's middle class friends are envious of her parents' movie star looks and the extraordinary life style of which she is an unwilling part, They don't know the secret, lonely, and invisible life of Rachael. Rachael ultimately learns how much of her parents' indulgences are only made possible by the family's loving servants, who are denied human rights and demonized by society. Rachael's heart is broken and strengthened by teenage love, moving across the country from her real family and a devastating loss. The strength to move on transforms Rachael into a dedicated civil rights advocate and the astonishing truth of why Rachael had to experience all she did so young.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 152196243X
• ISBN13: 9781521962435
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 422 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.1" x 5.1"