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“Is it too much to wish for such a life? Is it too little?”

Tara Conklin by the House Girl

June 10, 2016 by Caitlin_D Leave a Comment

“Just to sit for a moment, herself, no one claiming her time or her thoughts or the product of her mind and hands. What other word to call that if not freedom?” Josephine Bell lives on the Bell Creek Plantation in 1852; she cares for her ailing Missus, Lu Anne Bell, in relative comfort (for a slave) but her cruel Master drives her need to escape before the Missus dies. In New York City in 2004 Lina Sparrow has been assigned to a slavery reparations case […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Tara Conklin, the house girl

Caitlin_D's CBR8 Review No:48 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Tara Conklin, the house girl ·
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“Mister hit Josephine with the palm of his hand across her left cheek and it was then she knew she would run.”

The House Girl by Tara Conklin

March 7, 2016 by badkittyuno 1 Comment

Ooh, this was a good read. If you liked the parallels in The Girl You Left Behind, you might like this one, even though the setting is very different. “If there is one lesson I wish to bestow upon you, one shred of wisdom I have gained from my living, dying days, it is this: let your heart lead you, do not be afraid, for there will be much to regret if reason and sense and fear are your only markers.” In Virginia, in 1852, seventeen […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: badkittyuno, Tara Conklin

badkittyuno's CBR8 Review No:45 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: badkittyuno, Tara Conklin ·
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Jen K’s Review #11: The House Girl

The House Girl by Tara Conklin

January 14, 2014 by Jen K 3 Comments

This is another novel set up with the two timeline style that seems to be popular, especially for historical fiction. In this case, the past is 1852, and focuses on Josephine, a seventeen year old house slave at the Bell estate, who decides to run. The modern day piece follows Carolina “Lina” Sparrow, first year associate at a corporate law firm in New York. Her mother is dead, and her father is an artist that has finally found success. After 20 years of not talking about […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: Tara Conklin

Jen K's CBR6 Review No:11 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: Tara Conklin ·
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