This book is one of my new all-time favorites.
I love historical fiction and this book was absolute perfection. It's about a little girl who comes over on a ship with her family from Ireland and ends up being an indentured servant on a plantation in southern Virginia. The slaves on the plantation take her in and she becomes one of them in every sense. They are her family, regardless of color. The love those slaves give to Lavinia (the girl) is boundless and true.
The story is of these characters and it spans a period of 19 years. There is never a dull moment in this novel. There are many moments of tragedy, some of them very much unspeakable and there are also many moments of joy and happiness.
It left me yearning for a sequel. It's the story you wish would never end.
2 comments:
Sounds so. good. Can't wait to read it, thanks -- you always have the best book suggestions! I need to stop being a book club slacker...
i love the way you describe everything... books, your family, your heart... it's always very real and honest. i'll definitely be picking this book up!
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