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The kitchen house / Kathleen Grissom.
Working as an indentured servant alongside slaves on a tobacco plantation, Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan with no memory of her past, finds her light skin and situation placing her between two very different worlds that test her loyalties.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781439153666
- ISBN: 1439153663
- Physical Description: 368 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition: First Touchstone trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : Touchstone, [2010]
- Copyright: ©2010
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Publisher, publishing date and paging may vary. Includes a reading group guide, a conversation with the author, and an excerpt from the author's novel "Glory over everything". |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Indentured servants > Fiction. Enslaved persons > Fiction. Plantation life > Southern States > Fiction. |
Available copies
- 33 of 41 copies available at Missouri Evergreen. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Cass County.
Holds
- 2 current holds with 41 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cass County Library-Drexel | F GRI 2010 (Text) | 0002206294536 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
The Kitchen House : A Novel
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Summary
The Kitchen House : A Novel
Kathleen Grissom, New York Times bestselling author of the highly anticipated Glory Over Everything , established herself as a remarkable new talent with The Kitchen House , now a contemporary classic. In this gripping novel, a dark secret threatens to expose the best and worst in everyone tied to the estate at a thriving plantation in Virginia in the decades before the Civil War. Orphaned during her passage from Ireland, young, white Lavinia arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed, as an indentured servant, under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate slave daughter. Lavinia learns to cook, clean, and serve food, while guided by the quiet strength and love of her new family. In time, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, caring for the master's opium-addicted wife and befriending his dangerous yet protective son. She attempts to straddle the worlds of the kitchen and big house, but her skin color will forever set her apart from Belle and the other slaves. Through the unique eyes of Lavinia and Belle, Grissom's debut novel unfolds in a heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of class, race, dignity, deep-buried secrets, and familial bonds.
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