She must earn their trust, then earn it again and again. How could the Williams family trust Civil Townsend when she’s from money, and doesn’t understand or anticipate the problems they face every day? Though she’s still a step up from a white government worker, it’s only a step. It also examines the class separation between Black folks, which further divides and weakens a group that is already being taken advantage of. The novel explores the complex psychological impact of making decisions about reproduction or, conversely, having those decisions made for you without consent. Oscars producers have one main goal: Keep you entertained From the first time Civil sees them she is appalled at their living conditions - did Black people still live in shacks behind their white employers’ houses? - but she begins to fall in love with them, compelling her to help them any way she can.

Being one of the few nurses with her own reliable transportation, Civil is assigned two rural Alabama girls, India and Erica Williams, who are receiving birth control shots. The novel takes place from Civil’s retrospective look some 40 years back from 2016. “Take My Hand” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez is engrossing from the start. She’s ready to make a difference and help the women in her community, but her very first case tests her in a way that will haunt her for decades to come. Newly graduated from Tuskegee, Civil Townsend takes on her first job as a nurse at the Montgomery Family Planning Clinic in 1973. “Take My Hand” by Dolen Perkins-Valdez (Berkley) This cover image released by Berkley shows 'Take My Hand' by Dolen Perkins-Valdez.

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