Friday, December 9, 2016

The Kitchen House

I got The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom because it is a best seller.  Some people compared it to The Help.  I would recommend you read this book under certain conditions.  Is your life too happy?  Is everything going your way?  Do you feel so positively elated that you can't stand it?  Then read The Kitchen House because this novel is so depressing it will pop your happy bubble in the first chapter.  The writing is good and I liked the character development but the things that happen on this plantation in Virginia are too sad to bear.  Oh, the melodrama!  Rape, torture, abandonment, and betrayal are repeated and repeated.  You might need a prescription for an anti-depressant when you finish this very engaging book.
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