The House Girl is a novel by Tara Conklin that tells the story of two women living in different time periods. The first is Josephine, a young slave girl who works on a plantation in Virginia in the 1850s. The second is Lina Sparrow, a young lawyer living in New York City in 2004.

The novel begins with Lina Sparrow, who is assigned to work on a reparations lawsuit seeking compensation for descendants of American slaves. She becomes interested in the case of Josephine, who was a talented artist and may have created some of the paintings attributed to her owner, Lu Anne Bell. As Lina delves deeper into Josephine’s story, she discovers that there may be more to her life than just being a slave.

The novel alternates between Josephine’s story and Lina’s investigation. We learn about Josephine’s life on the plantation, her relationship with Lu Anne Bell, and her desire for freedom. Meanwhile, Lina struggles with her own personal issues as she tries to uncover the truth about Josephine’s life.

As the novel progresses, we see how the lives of these two women are connected and how their stories intersect. The House Girl explores themes of race, identity, and the legacy of slavery in America.

• The House Girl

• A Novel
• By: Tara Conklin
• Narrated by: Bahni Turpin

2004: Lina Sparrow is an aspiring young attorney working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking restitution for the descendants of American slaves.

1852: Josephine is a 17-year-old slave inclined to fall in love with the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm – an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell.

Through her father, acclaimed artist Oscar Sparrow, Lina discovers a controversy that has rocked the art world: Art historians now suspect that the revered paintings of Lu Anne Bell, a prewar artist known for her humanized portraits of the slaves who made Virginia tobacco for her. farm, actually the work of the slave in her house, Josephine.

Josephine’s Descendant would be the perfect face for the lawsuit – if Lina could find one. But nothing is known about Josephine’s fate after Lu Anne Bell’s death in 1852. In piecing together Josephine’s story, Lina embarks on a journey that will lead her to questions about her own life. , which covers the full story of her mother’s mysterious death 20 years ago.

Alternating between antebellum Virginia and modern-day New York, this searing tale of art and history, love, and secrets explores what it means to repair a wrong, and asks whether truth can be more important than justice.

This book looked really great from the summary I read before I purchased it. And in a lot of ways it was a pretty good book. It’s just that I had to keep suspending my disbelief so often that I finally got tired of doing it.

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