The House Girl

Name: The House Girl
Brand: Arotahi Agency
SKU: 9780062207517
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A Novel

By Tara Conklin

Summary

The House Girl alternates between antebellum Virginia and modern-day New York, following Lina Sparrow, a young lawyer fighting for reparations for descendants of American slaves, and Josephine, a seventeen-year-old house slave serving an aspiring artist on a Virginia tobacco farm. This searing tale explores themes of art, history, love, and hidden secrets, intertwining the stories of two remarkable women.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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The House Girl

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This novel is ideal for readers interested in historical fiction, social justice themes, and character-driven stories exploring race, history, and personal discovery.

Description

Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action suit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves. Josephine is a seventeen-year-old house slave who tends to the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm—an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell.

Alternating between antebellum Virginia and modern-day New York, The House Girl is a searing tale of art, history, love, and secrets that intertwines the stories of two remarkable women.

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Critically acclaimed as "assured and arresting" (Chicago Tribune) and "a historical whodunit that is smart and gripping" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), The House Girl features fierce and authentic characters. Praised for its engrossing narrative and thoughtful storytelling, the novel is described as "the book-club book of 2013" (Marie Claire) and a "sorrowful, engrossing" meditation on justice, motherhood, feminism, and redemption (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). It is celebrated for weaving subtle historical research into a compelling portrayal of 1850s society (Winnipeg Free Press).

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780062207517

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 March 2014

Country: United States

Imprint: William Morrow Paperbacks

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 135.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 299g

Pages: 416

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About the Author

Tara Conklin has worked as a litigator in the New York and London offices of a major corporate law firm but now devotes her time to writing fiction. She received a BA in history from Yale University, a JD from New York University School of Law, and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University. Her short fiction has appeared in the Bristol Short Story Prize Anthology and Pangea: An Anthology of Stories from Around the Globe. Born in St. Croix, she grew up in Massachusetts and now lives with her family in Seattle, Washington.

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