Thomaston Intergenerational Book Club FEB 19th

Thomaston, Maine - On Tuesday, February 19th, the Thomaston Intergenerational Book Club will be discussing The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom, another very well-received 2010 debut novel. The popularity of this book has been achieved in that best of all ways: slowly and surely, by word of mouth among book clubs and other ardent readers who, by 2013, have turned this release into a break-out hit.

In 1791, a seven-year-old Irish girl named Lavinia becomes orphaned while making the treacherous sea journey from Ireland to America. She is taken to the ship captain’s tobacco plantation in Virginia, where she is to live as an indentured servant. Assigned to work with the slaves in the kitchen house, Lavinia bonds with her new slave family. Over time, she is also accepted into the “big house’’ by the captain’s wife, who battles
opium addiction. Lavinia must learn to straddle two worlds, that of master and slave; black and white. The Kitchen House does not shrink from the horrors of plantation life or from depicting the relative oppression of all women, free, indentured, or enslaved, in the 18th Century South.

Reviewers have said:
“The Kitchen House is a tragic story of page-turning suspense, exploring the meaning of family, where love and loyalty prevail.” - Princeton Book Review

“These characters speak to the irrepressible human spirit, and how it is possible to face adversity with strength.” – The Copperfield Review

On the third Tuesday of each month, the Intergenerational Book Club, a group of men and women of all ages, comes together to share their opinions and ideas about the book selection. Extra copies of the books are purchased by the Friends of the Thomaston Public Library from the Annual Appeal funds. We thank you for your donations. All are welcome at the Thomaston Library on February 19 at 2:30  p.m.