The House Girl
by: Tara Conklin
I've been reading The House Girl, by Tara Conklin, which you already knew because of the title. It's a historical fiction book which I usually steer away from because, 1) History is not my favorite subject, 2) I find that genre predictable and sometimes cliche. But this story is different from the usual Civil war fictional book. It has a unique plot about how a house girl (hence the title), Josephine is a great artist and her masters take credit for her compositions and make money off her work. The story is also set in today's time period and is about a young lawyer named Lina who needs to find an decedent of Josephine to be the "face" of her case and get the credit and money to the rightful owner.
That's about how far I gotten in the book. I do like it so far,but it's a little hard to read because you have to know a lot of law and court terminology and if you don't it can kind of be hard to follow. Also in Josephine's story, you have to have a little background of pre-civil war conditions and the author doesn't come out and say important details. Not to spoil the book to potential readers, but Josephine has tried to run before, but something stopped her. Conklin doesn't say why exactly but she gives clues that you have to put together. Once you realize what happened to Josephine when she first tried to run, you understand the severity of her job even though she just works in the house instead of in the fields.
That's about how far I gotten in the book. I do like it so far,but it's a little hard to read because you have to know a lot of law and court terminology and if you don't it can kind of be hard to follow. Also in Josephine's story, you have to have a little background of pre-civil war conditions and the author doesn't come out and say important details. Not to spoil the book to potential readers, but Josephine has tried to run before, but something stopped her. Conklin doesn't say why exactly but she gives clues that you have to put together. Once you realize what happened to Josephine when she first tried to run, you understand the severity of her job even though she just works in the house instead of in the fields.
