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The Kitchen House

by Kathleen Grissom
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'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?'
________

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...
________
A compelling, powerful and poignant coming-of-age story about the fragility of family,and where love and loyalty prevail.

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Publisher: Transworld

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  • ISBN: 9781448154265
  • File size: 1451 KB
  • Release date: March 14, 2013

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  • ISBN: 9781448154265
  • File size: 1451 KB
  • Release date: March 14, 2013
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Fiction Historical Fiction

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'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?'
________

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...
________
A compelling, powerful and poignant coming-of-age story about the fragility of family,and where love and loyalty prevail.

Expand title description text
Fiction Historical Fiction