The Kitchen House: A Novel
by Kathleen Grissom | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 1439153663 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 1439153663 Global Overview for this book
3 journalers for this copy...
from the TLC book sale.
From my copy:
Very good story. Set in the late 1700's, mostly on a plantation in Virginia, the book uses two voices to tell the story. Belle is the mostly grown child of the Captain and one of his slaves, who is now banished to the slave quarters since his marriage to Miss Martha. Lavinia was a traveler on one of his ships, lost both parents on the voyage from Ireland, and is now a white child, indentured servant, living amongst the slaves. Both Belle and Lavinia have prime jobs, they work in the kitchen house or the big house, instead of the fields. The story follows 20 years, told in the alternating voices, following Lavinia's bonding with the slaves, then being wrenched away from them to follow a white girl's life, eventually becoming the mistress of the plantation she grew up on.
From my copy:
Very good story. Set in the late 1700's, mostly on a plantation in Virginia, the book uses two voices to tell the story. Belle is the mostly grown child of the Captain and one of his slaves, who is now banished to the slave quarters since his marriage to Miss Martha. Lavinia was a traveler on one of his ships, lost both parents on the voyage from Ireland, and is now a white child, indentured servant, living amongst the slaves. Both Belle and Lavinia have prime jobs, they work in the kitchen house or the big house, instead of the fields. The story follows 20 years, told in the alternating voices, following Lavinia's bonding with the slaves, then being wrenched away from them to follow a white girl's life, eventually becoming the mistress of the plantation she grew up on.
Journal Entry 2 by 
NancyNova
at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Saturday, February 6, 2016
NancyNova at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA on Saturday, February 6, 2016
Released 8 yrs ago (2/6/2016 UTC) at ~ RABCK ~, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- USA
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A wishlist book! Enjoy!
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A surprise book!! THANK YOU!! I have BookClub tonight and will bring this with me to see if we have any interest in selecting this for next months read.
This will be going into the Surprise Paperback Bookbox. Enjoy!!!
Taking from the surprise paperback bookbox. I had a previous copy of this that I wild released prior to our move to California without reading. Hope to get to it this time...
