Resultado de búsqueda
2 de feb. de 2010 · THE KITCHEN HOUSE tells the story from two alternating points of view: Lavinia, a child of indentured servants, and Belle, head cook at Tall Oaks. Lavinia becomes orphaned during ocean passage to 18th century Virginia. Sea captain Pyke decides to take Lavinia home to his tobacco plantation and put her to work in the Kitchen House with Belle.
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.
2 de feb. de 2010 · Quite a lot, actually, as Kathleen Grissom makes clear in her excellent, gripping novel, “The Kitchen House “. Set in Virginia between the years of 1791 and 1810, the story centers on Lavinia, an orphaned Irish servant, and Belle, the mixed-race slave who takes young Lavinia under her wing in the kitchen house.
5 de sept. de 2023 · Summary. Last Updated September 5, 2023. Kathleen Grissom’s The Kitchen House is a coming-of-age tale about Lavinia McCarter, an Irish immigrant who, at a young age, is brought to a Virginian ...
2 de feb. de 2010 · 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 ...
The Kitchen House. In 1790, 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 with the kitchen house slaves. Though she becomes deeply bonded to her new family, Lavinia is also slowly accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is ...
16 de ene. de 2010 · 5 Stars for The Kitchen House by @kathleengrissom. This book left me speechless and wide-eyed. Many reviews compared this book to The Help. I'd say, I only partially agree with that due to the underlying themes of slavery, racism, poverty, deceit, and they social injustices they share.This book, having been set in the late 1700s/early 1800s was thrilling, heart-wrenching, and in my opinion, a ...
