We hope you will join us this month as we discuss The Kitchen House: A Novel, by Kathleen Grissom. Please join us at Starbucks Coffee at 8pm for lively conversation and discussion, and warm up with a favorite beverage. Please RSVP to eveningbook@ridgefieldnewcomers.org by Thursday, January 12th.
Amazon.com Review:
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.
The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail.
Several copies of our monthly selection will be on hold at the Ridgefield Library by mid-December. Please ask at the main circulation desk for a copy to borrow.
SAVE THE DATE: In February, we will be meeting on the 16th. Book selection information to follow via email and next month’s newsletter.
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