[ { { The Kitchen House (Original) } } ] By Grissom, Kathleen ( Author on Feb-02-2010 [ Paperback ]

In 1790, Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan, arrives on a Virginia tobacco plantation as an indentured servant. She is sent to live and work with the enslaved people of the kitchen house, where she is placed under the care of Belle, the master's illegitimate daughter. Lavinia forms a deep bond with her new, adoptive family, but her white skin also allows her to be accepted into the big house, where she cares for the mistress, who is battling an opium addiction. As time passes, Lavinia finds herself perilously straddling two very different worlds and struggling with her identity. When loyalties are brought into question and dangerous secrets are laid bare, the tragic events that unfold expose the best and worst in everyone tied to the estate, forcing Lavinia to make a difficult choice that puts lives at risk.

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