The Kitchen House (Paperback)
Edition 1
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Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan with no memory of her past, arrives on a tobacco plantation where she is put to work as an indentured servant. Placed with the slaves in the kitchen house under the care of Belle, the masters illegitimate daughte......more
Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan with no memory of her past, arrives on a tobacco plantation where she is put to work as an indentured servant. Placed with the slaves in the kitchen house under the care of Belle, the masters illegitimate daughter, Lavinia becomes deeply bonded to her new adopted family, even though she is forever set apart from them by her white skin. As Lavinia is slowly accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress battles an opium addiction, she finds herself perilously straddling two very different worlds. When Lavinia marries the masters troubled son and takes on the role of mistress, loyalties are brought into question, dangerous truths are laid bare and lives are put at risk. The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail..
- Author:
- Grissom, Kathleen
- Genre:
- FICTION / Historical
- Audience:
- General/trade
- Edition:
- 1
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 368
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Touchstone Books
- Publish Date:
- 02/02/2010
- Copyright Year:
- 2010
- ISBN:
- 9781439153666
- Height:
- 8.0 in
- Wdth:
- 5.25 in
- Thickness:
- 1.0 in
- Unit weight:
- 0.68 lb
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- 4 Stars 1
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- 2 Stars 0
- 1 Stars 0
Overall Rating: 4.7
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book club book
The book was wonderful - I highly recommend it - especially if you enjoyed The Help and The Secret Life of Bees. However, the shipping service was ridiculously slow. I had wanted this book for a book club, but it did not arrive in time, even though I ordered it well in advance. The book was shipped via the US Postal Service.
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The Kitchen House
Very happy with the condition of the book and the story itself is wonderful. Highly recommend
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We did this for our book cub. Lots of interesting characters to discuss and historical period.
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