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Add this Event to Calendar 10/11/2023 07:00 PM 10/11/2023 08:00 PM Monthly Book Discussion- The Kitchen House

Join us for our monthly somewhat literary book discussion for adults!  Books in various formats are typically available at the desk approximately one month prior to the discussion.  No registration is required!

Refreshments served, courtesy of the Friends of the Library.

 

The Kitchen House

By Kathleen Grissom
 
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.


Contact: Amy Schumann 860-283-4339 aschumann@biblio.org
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