Describe Of Books The Kitchen House
| Title | : | The Kitchen House |
| Author | : | Kathleen Grissom |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 369 pages |
| Published | : | February 2nd 2010 by Atria Books |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Book Club |
Kathleen Grissom
Paperback | Pages: 369 pages Rating: 4.2 | 222214 Users | 18057 Reviews
Description During Books The Kitchen House
When a white servant girl violates the order of plantation society, she unleashes a tragedy that exposes the worst and best in the people she has come to call her family. Orphaned while onboard ship from Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco plantation where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen house. Under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate daughter, Lavinia becomes deeply bonded to her adopted family, though she is set apart from them by her white skin.Eventually, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is absent and the mistress battles opium addiction. Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling two very different worlds. When she is forced to make a choice, loyalties are brought into question, dangerous truths are laid bare, and lives are put at risk.
Identify Books Concering The Kitchen House
| Original Title: | The Kitchen House |
| ISBN: | 1439153663 (ISBN13: 9781439153666) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Ben, Marshall, Captain Pyke, Miss Martha, Lavinia McCarten, Mama Mae, Papa George, Uncle Jacob, Sukey, Campbell, Fanny, Beattie, Dory, Overseer Rankin, Sally Pyke |
| Setting: | Virginia(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction and for Debut Author (2010) |
Rating Of Books The Kitchen House
Ratings: 4.2 From 222214 Users | 18057 ReviewsRate Of Books The Kitchen House
Wonderful story, it immediately takes your heart and your hands never stop turning the pages!! I have always kept away from these familiar dramas like"Gone with the wind", but here the Grissom makes wise use of dosing with care the events and emotions of the various characters. Theyre the ones you care about as friends of yours, and even for the shittiest people on earth told in the book, you want only a complete redemption of their wickedness. The female characters are so particular andI should have loved this; 1st novel, Canadian author, great reviews, southern historical fiction, I was stoked. Maybe that was my problem; overly high expectations the kiss of death. I'll attempt to explain why I rated it so low: Boring protagonist; weepy, passive women just irritate me now. I used to be more tolerant; Ill put this down to aging... I read similar books when I was younger, nothing fresh here It's a pager turner but the plot was pretty obvious; good story that I wish hadn't
While reading "The Kitchen House", I often thought, "this must be the years best SOAP OPERA HISTORICAL FICTION novel of the year". Do they give out such awards? lol Geeeeeee, you'd think the author could have had added a 'little' more drama to hold our interest?/! ha ha!But.....YES, I liked this book! (most of the characters were well developed for the story). Maybe--the character of Marshall could have been developed a little more from his childhood to his adulthood ----(however, I got the
Kathleen Grissom had the raw materials for a rich and powerful historical novel. Her writing is good, if a little drawn out at times. She has an interesting angle with the orphaned Irish immigrant girl put to work among the slaves. So why did it fall short? I think Grissom slipped too easily into stereotypes and melodrama and never got out of that rut. When you have too many tragic or shocking things happen to too many characters, it becomes predictable and numbs the reader. I started losing
What an amazing book! It deserves more than 5 stars. Truly, I couldnt put it down. I stayed up until the early hours of the morning because I had to finish this story. Its been ages since I have been that engrossed in a book, or that affected by a story for that matter. There arent words to describe the emotions you feel while reading this. I have to give credit to the authors wonderful talent for being able to render such an unvarnished, yet grippingly beautiful tale of life on a southern
NO SPOILERS!!!On completion: Four stars! I know I really liked the book, but why, and what is it that prevents me from giving it five stars? You keep turning the pages, I kept wondering what is going to happen next? Yes, a lot does happen, and sometimes it does feel a bit melodramatic given all the shit that hits the fan. What happens does not feel impossible, but sometimes I found myself thinking that the Blacks absolutely never were as bad as the Whites. Let me say once again, the story does
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