Showing results by author "Kathleen Grissom" in Literature & Fiction

In 1791 when seven-year-old Irish orphan Lavinia is transported to Virginia to work in the kitchen of a wealthy plantation owner, she is absorbed into the life of the kitchen house and becomes part of the family of black slaves whose fates are tied to the plantation. But Lavinia’s skin will always set her apart, whether she wishes it or not. And as she grows older, she will be torn between the life that awaits her as a white woman and the people she knows as kin....

This new standalone novel opens in 1830, and Jamie, who fled from the Virginian plantation he once called home, is passing in Philadelphia society as a wealthy white silversmith. After many years of striving, Jamie has achieved acclaim and security, only to discover that his aristocratic lover, Caroline, is pregnant. Before he can reveal his real identity to her, he learns that his beloved servant, Pan, has been captured and sold into slavery in the South.

En 1810, James Pyke, 13 ans, fils d'un planteur et d'une esclave, fuit sa Virginie natale. Vingt ans plus tard, le jeune homme, qui a toujours caché le secret de ses origines, a intégré la haute société de Philadelphie et vit une passion avec une ravissante aristocrate, Caroline. Mais celle-ci tombe enceinte et, rapidement, son père menace James. C'est alors que Pan, serviteur et petit protégé du jeune homme, est enlevé et vendu comme esclave en Caroline.