Monday, February 11, 2013

The House Girl: a Novel by Tara Conklin



"Lina, a young, ambitious New York attorney in 2004, never knew her mother.  Josephine, a young house slave in 1852, never knew her child.  More than a century apart, their lives connect in unexpected ways.  Corporate law offices, art museums, antebellum homes, and the Underground Railroad provide the setting for a story filled with secrets, betrayals, and love.  Does the "House Girl" title apply to both women?  The paths of those strong women will have the reader marveling at the layers Conklin has created to tell their intertwined stories."

Reviewer: Beverly Bauer, Redbery Books, Cable WI
from February 2013 Indie Next List, American Booksellers Association, IndieBound.org

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