
You must not become too friendly with them' she said They are not the same as us' How?' I asked How are they not the same?' 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 & 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 & as she grows older she will be torn between the life that awaits her as a white woman & the people she knows as kin A compelling powerful & poignant coming-of-age story about the fragility of familyand where love & loyalty prevail