A Sitting in St. James

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Call Number: Teen Book / Fiction / Historical / Williams-Garcia, Rita
On Shelf At: Malletts Creek Branch, Traverwood Branch

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1860, Louisiana. After serving as mistress of Le Petit Cottage for more than six decades, Madame Sylvie Guilbert has decided, in spite of her family's indifference, to sit for a portrait. It will be a testament to all the hardships she overcame, the glory her life ought to have been. As she sits for the portrait, other stories are revealed: that of Thisbe, an enslaved woman who must stand silent by her mistress but observes everything. Or Byron, heir to the plantation, whose desires cannot fit with his family duty. Stories that span generations, and secrets that are buried as deep as the family fortune. -- adapted from jacket

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A view from the inside submitted by flemingj on June 18, 2021, 8:14am You will really feel like you are there. This story of life in the American South around the time of The Civil War gives the perspectives people from all around the plantation.