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The House Girl

by: Tara Conklin (author)

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The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia.Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre–Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The House Girl follows Lina Sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking compensation for families of slaves. In her research, she learns about Lu Anne Bell, a renowned prewar artist whose famous works might have actually been painted by her slave, Josephine.Featuring two remarkable, unforgettable heroines, Tara Conklin's The House Girl is riveting and powerful, literary fiction at its very best.

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Format: papier

ISBN: 9780062207395

Publish date: 12 lutego 2013

Publisher: HarperCollins

Pages no: 384

Edition language: English

Category:

Book Club, Adult Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adult, Mystery, Fiction, Historical

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Debra E's Never-Ending TBR rated it

10 years ago

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I think I would of enjoyed this more if the story had more focus on Josephine and Lina's involvement was strictly dealing with the lawsuit. The story of Josephine was interesting, but got lost in the nonsense of Lina's personal life. I didn't like the character and found Lina's side story to be an...

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In 1852 17-year-old Josephine Bell made the decision that she would run north to escape her life as a slave at Bell Manor. Josephine’s day-to-day life was better than that of most slaves but that was only because of Missus LuAnn. Her Missus had secretly taught her to read and allowed Josephine to ...

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12 years ago

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Now that the busy holiday season is behind me, I can get back to the stacks of books that beg my attention from the coffee table in the living room, to the nightstands in the bedroom, to the over-flowing shelves and nooks of my home. And, yes!! I am ordering STILL MORE BOOKS!! ~So many great books o...

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Books, Books and More Books rated it

12 years ago

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Josephine is a 17 year old slave in anti-bellum Virginia while Lina is a twenty something up and coming lawyer in present day NYC. The lives of these two become entwined when a wealthy Black client of Lina’s law firm starts a “slave reparations” law suit that becomes entangled with an art dealer’s c...

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Thewanderingjew rated it

12 years ago

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The book concentrates on a case about reparations for the ancestors of slaves. This is an investigation into the lost hopes and dreams of nameless thousands of people and the consideration of whether or not they are entitled to any kind of recognition, monetary or otherwise. On the surface, it would...

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