Historical fiction is one of my favorite genres. This particular one by Kathleen Grissom was very enjoyable. The plot started with a young girl who was orphaned while traveling with her parents to America in the late 1700's. They were to be indentured servants, and at a young seven years old, had to work off her debt on a southern plantation.
The poor girl was sent to live with the black house servants, who quickly became her family. She grew up in between two worlds, and life eventually saw her married to her fellow servant's master. It always amazes me that in our history people actually owned human beings, and some treatment is appalling.
It was very interesting to read how she came to the plot idea, by a vision she had while looking out over her land. Then she takes that vision and uses a family friend's actual history and creates the story by weaving the two ideas together. Sometimes I wish I can write something that can affect someone the way certain books affect me.
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