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Overview. Kathleen Grissom’s 2010 novel, The Kitchen House, is a work of historical fiction that centers on the happenings at Captain James Pyke’s southern Virginia tobacco plantation, Tall Oaks, beginning in 1791. The two narrative threads follow Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan working at Tall Oaks as an indentured servant, and ...
Sep 5, 2023 · Frances Prather. | Certified Educator. 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...
Feb 2, 2010 · FICTION. THE KITCHEN HOUSE. by Kathleen Grissom ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 2, 2010. Melodramatic for sure, but the author manages to avoid stereotypes while maintaining a brisk pace. bookshelf. shop now. Irish orphan finds a new family among slaves in Grissom’s pulse-quickening debut.
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 ...
The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail. Buy the Book USA Indiebound Barnes & Noble Amazon
Feb 2, 2010 · 155 ratings8 reviews. 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 ...
The Kitchen House. by Kathleen Grissom. Review: (by- Linda ) The story is narrated in alternating chapters by two distinct characters; Belle, a black slave and Lavinia a white indentured servant, whose perspectives on situations are as different as they are.
