- Available now
- New eBook additions
- New kids additions
- New teen additions
- Most popular
- Try something different
- See all
-
Description
-
Details
-
Reviews
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.
Kindle Book
- Release date: February 2, 2010
OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781439160121
- Release date: February 2, 2010
EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781439160121
- File size: 7316 KB
- Release date: February 2, 2010
Loading
Formats
Kindle Book
OverDrive Read
EPUB ebook
subjects
Languages
English