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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
From 1852 to 2004....from one artist to another....from a farm in Virginia to the hustle and bustle of New York City. THE HOUSE GIRL flawlessly switches between these two time periods telling of the life of Josephine, a slave girl, Lina, a New York City attorney, and Lina's father, Oscar, an artist...
It took me forever to get through this book. I just couldn't get into the characters, and I didn't care about them at all. I didn't care if Josephine escaped from slavery, I didn't care if Lina discovered the truth about her artwork. I also didn't like the "mystery" of Lina's mother, which I thou...
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