Kitchen house
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Kitchen house volume 1
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"At the turn of the nineteenth century, young, white Lavinia, who was orphaned on her passage from Ireland, arrives as an indentured servant on a tobacco plantation in Virginia. Placed under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate black daughter, Lavinia learns to cook, clean, serve food, and cherish the quiet strength and love of her new family in the kitchen house. In time, Lavinia is given work in the big house, caring for the master's opium-addicted...
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Kitchen house volume 2
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"The author of the New York Times bestseller and beloved book club favorite The Kitchen House continues the story of Jamie Pyke, son of both a slave and master of Tall Oakes, whose deadly secret compels him to take a treacherous journey through the Underground Railroad. Published in 2010, The Kitchen House became a grassroots bestseller. Fans connected so deeply to the book's characters that the author, Kathleen Grissom, found herself being asked...