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  1. 2. Feb. 2010 · The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail. Explore the reading group guide for The Kitchen House. A Conversation with Author Kathleen Grissom. Q: What information surprised you while doing research on white indentured servants?

  2. 2. Feb. 2010 · THE KITCHEN HOUSE tells the story from two alternating points of view: Lavinia, a child of indentured servants, and Belle, head cook at Tall Oaks. Lavinia becomes orphaned during ocean passage to 18th century Virginia. Sea captain Pyke decides to take Lavinia home to his tobacco plantation and put her to work in the Kitchen House with Belle.

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  3. The Kitchen House: A Novel Taschenbuch – 2. Februar 2010. 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 ...

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  4. 16. Jan. 2010 · By contrast, the situation at Tall Oaks plantation, where The Kitchen House is set, is more nuanced. Though I hesitate to take issue with Clarke, I found Grissom's historical depiction more believable. Cap'n Pyke, the plantation owner in The Kitchen House, does have a child by one of his slaves. But the captain is at bottom a well meaning man ...

  5. The Kitchen House. In 1790, Lavinia, a seven-year-old Irish orphan with no memory of her past, arrives on a tobacco plantation where she is put to work as an indentured servant with the kitchen house slaves. Though she becomes deeply bonded to her new family, Lavinia is also slowly accepted into the world of the big house, where the master is ...

  6. 2. Feb. 2010 · Books. The Kitchen House: A Novel. Kathleen Grissom. Simon and Schuster, Feb 2, 2010 - Fiction - 384 pages. 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 ...

  7. 5. Sept. 2023 · Summary. 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 age, is brought to a Virginian ...