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Fiction

hermetic

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2. A bit of Irish there

Reply to Squinch (Reply #1)

Sun Mar 17, 2019, 01:44 PM

Mar 2019

..from Ireland, seven-year-old Lavinia arrives on the steps of a tobacco plantation where she is to live and work with the slaves of the kitchen house./

The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, March 17, 2019? [View all] hermetic Mar 2019 OP

The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom. Very good so far. Squinch Mar 2019 #1

A bit of Irish there hermetic Mar 2019 #2

A little. Her Irishness seems more of a device to put her in the middle of the hierarchy Squinch Mar 2019 #6

Reading "The Falls" a John Rebus by Ian Rankin. TexasProgresive Mar 2019 #3

How fun! hermetic Mar 2019 #7

Red Moon, by Kim Stanley Robinson. guillaumeb Mar 2019 #4

Sounds good hermetic Mar 2019 #8

Continuing with my Christoper Moore marathon... SeattleVet Mar 2019 #5

Good for you! hermetic Mar 2019 #9

The 'mind of Moore'??? SeattleVet Mar 2019 #12

I'm continuing my obsession with Keigo Higashino. Ohiya Mar 2019 #10

Yes, I've heard that hermetic Mar 2019 #11

"You Only Live Twice" by Ian Fleming Number9Dream Mar 2019 #13

Hey there, #9 hermetic Mar 2019 #18

Hi Hermetic - always nice to correspond with you Number9Dream Mar 2019 #19

Thank you, hermetic, for the weekly thread. Happy St. Paddy's Day! japple Mar 2019 #14

This sounds really good hermetic Mar 2019 #16

Fangirl by Rowell (on audiobook) and finishing Green from last week. Cuthbert Allgood Mar 2019 #15

Fun stuff! hermetic Mar 2019 #17