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The Kitchen House

Written by: Kathleen Grissom
Narrated by: Orlagh Cassidy, Bahni Turpin
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A New York Times best seller and word-of-mouth phenomenon, this is perfect for book-groups and fans of The Help and The Postmistress.

"You must not become too friendly with them," she said. "They are not the same as us."

"How?" I asked. "How are they not the same?"

In 1791 when seven-year-old Irish orphan Lavinia is transported to Virginia to work in the kitchen of a wealthy plantation owner, she is absorbed into the life of the kitchen house and becomes part of the family of black slaves whose fates are tied to the plantation. But Lavinia’s skin will always set her apart, whether she wishes it or not. And as she grows older, she will be torn between the life that awaits her as a white woman and the people she knows as kin....

©2013 Kathleen Grissom (P)2013 Random House AudioGo Historical
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What a marvelous book. Transports you to a bygone era with all its beauty, love, hatred and prejudices. Kindness and cruelty two sides of a coin...

Amazing. Brilliant. Disturbing.

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