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The Kitchen House
The Kitchen House
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Bonnie
Dec 08, 2010 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: 2010-books, historical-fiction
There are a few historical time periods that I just have trouble really enjoying in historical fiction form. One is the Holocaust. Another is American slavery. There are a lot of books written about those time periods, and it's very hard to find an author who finds new stories to tell during these periods, or new ways to tell the same story. And there's only so many times I want to read the same depressing story again, and again.

The Kitchen House is a perfectly competent story. It read fast, and ...more
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Marla Cosner
Mar 26, 2017 rated it really liked it
This book was praised by Alice Walker and suggested to those who enjoyed "The Help." I really enjoyed parts of the narratives, but the consistent depths of sorrow that Grissom plunged into again and again just broke the reader without giving a hope on the horizon. However, there are several characters that just make the book--and make it worth the read. Just guard your heart. I know that there was little to celebrate in the life of slavery--it's just that some of the stereotypes were played a li ...more
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Shannon
Dec 11, 2011 rated it liked it
Shelves: read-in-2011
Just finished and while I thought it was written well and I liked the two perspectives, I was consistently baffled and frustrated that not one person mentioned to Marshall that Belle was his sister. Seems like that one piece of missing information was the driving force for the whole story and all of the terrible things that happened and I don't buy that he could have lived his whole life without someone telling him. ...more
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Amy
Aug 04, 2012 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Shelves: borrowed, fiction, re-readable, historical-fiction, audiobook, 2014
somewhere between a 4 and a 5 for me, but closer to a 4 because of the last quarter feeling more rushed than i like.

i *loved* the narrators. the first half of the story was better than the second, i think. i loved the book and recommend it still.
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Sarenna
Jun 14, 2012 rated it really liked it
Shelves: historical-fiction
This would have been a 5 star for me, but the ending was rushed and extremely disappointing.
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Anne
Oct 25, 2010 rated it liked it
Shelves: bees
Mical
Jan 10, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: have-it-in-ebook-to-read
Leslie
Feb 15, 2011 marked it as to-read
Shelves: adult-fiction
Snowtulip
Aug 28, 2011 rated it really liked it
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Dec 04, 2012 marked it as to-read
Cheryl
Sep 17, 2024 rated it it was amazing
Vicki
Oct 29, 2013 marked it as wish-list
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Jun 25, 2014 marked it as to-read
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Jul 17, 2015 marked it as to-read
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Oct 03, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: audiobooks
Julia
Jul 26, 2016 rated it it was amazing
Shelves: audiobook-challenge-2016
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May 03, 2017 rated it liked it
Heather Wilson
Feb 22, 2018 marked it as come-back-later
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Sep 26, 2018 marked it as to-read
Haizle The Princess
Dec 05, 2018 marked it as to-read
Clare
Feb 01, 2021 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
Linda
May 21, 2020 marked it as to-read
Jenny
Sep 15, 2020 marked it as to-read
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