{"product_id":"kitchen-house-original","title":"Kitchen House (Original)","description":"\u003cdiv data-a-expander-name=\"book_description_expander\" data-a-expander-collapsed-height=\"280\" class=\"a-expander-collapsed-height a-row a-expander-container a-spacing-base a-expander-partial-collapse-container\" style=\"max-height: none; height: 280px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv data-expanded=\"false\" class=\"a-expander-content a-expander-partial-collapse-content\" style=\"padding-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eKathleen Grissom, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e bestselling author of the highly anticipated \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eGlory Over Everything\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, established herself as a remarkable new talent with \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Kitchen House\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, now a contemporary classic. In this gripping novel, a dark secret threatens to expose the best and worst in everyone tied to the estate at a thriving plantation in Virginia in the decades before the Civil War.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOrphaned during her passage from Ireland, young, white Lavinia arrives on the steps of the kitchen house and is placed, as an indentured servant, under the care of Belle, the master’s illegitimate slave daughter. Lavinia learns to cook, clean, and serve food, while guided by the quiet strength and love of her new family.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn time, Lavinia is accepted into the world of the big house, caring for the master’s opium-addicted wife and befriending his dangerous yet protective son. She attempts to straddle the worlds of the kitchen and big house, but her skin color will forever set her apart from Belle and the other slaves.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough the unique eyes of Lavinia and Belle, Grissom’s debut novel unfolds in a heartbreaking and ultimately hopeful story of class, race, dignity, deep-buried secrets, and familial bonds.\u003c\/span\u003e  \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-header a-expander-partial-collapse-header\" style=\"opacity: 1; display: block;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"a-expander-content-fade\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e}\"\u0026gt;\u003ci class=\"a-icon a-icon-extender-expand\"\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-expander-prompt\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Atria Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50120128987421,"sku":"9781439153666","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0901\/5692\/5213\/files\/9781439153666.jpg?v=1751398985","url":"https:\/\/bookdelico.com\/products\/kitchen-house-original","provider":"Book Delico ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}