Welcome to Wishlist Wednesday!
The concept is to post about one book from our wish lists that we can’t wait to read. Want to play? Here’s how:
- Follow Pen to Paper as host of the meme.
- Do a post about one book from your wishlist and why you want to read it.
- Add your blog to the linky at the bottom of the post at Pen to Paper.
- Put a link back to Pen to Paper somewhere in your post.
- Visit the other blogs and enjoy!
My Wishlist Wednesday book is:
The House Girl by Tara Conklin
From Amazon:
Two remarkable women, separated by more than a century, whose lives unexpectedly intertwine . . .
2004: Lina Sparrow is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves.
1852: Josephine is a seventeen-year-old house slave who tends to the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm—an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell.
It is through her father, renowned artist Oscar Sparrow, that Lina discovers a controversy rocking the art world: art historians now suspect that the revered paintings of Lu Anne Bell, an antebellum artist known for her humanizing portraits of the slaves who worked her Virginia tobacco farm, were actually the work of her house slave, Josephine.
A descendant of Josephine’s would be the perfect face for the lawsuit—if Lina can find one. But nothing is known about Josephine’s fate following Lu Anne Bell’s death in 1852. In piecing together Josephine’s story, Lina embarks on a journey that will lead her to question her own life, including the full story of her mother’s mysterious death twenty years before.
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.
Why do I want to read this?
I seem to be drawn to novels with historical settings lately, and I love these type of stories-within-stories, in which the past is brought to life by someone in the present. I’m really looking forward to reading this one, and hope to get my hands on a copy soon!
Quick note to Wishlist Wednesday bloggers: Come on back to Bookshelf Fantasies for Flashback Friday! Join me in celebrating the older gems hidden away on our bookshelves. See the introductory post for more details, and come back this Friday to add your flashback favorites!
Bookshelf Fantasies 
I’ve read about this one and it looks pretty interesting, I have to check it out myself.
Hope you get it soon 🙂
My WW
Aw- I love these split timeline novels- I’d never heard of this one before but it looks great. Hope you can get hold of it soon!
My Wishlist Wednesday
Ooh, this sounds really interesting! Hope you get your hands on it soon 🙂
I haven’t heard of this book before, but it sounds interesting! THanks for stopping by My WW!
Janina
I’m not sure this book would be for me, but I admit that the synopsis sounds fascinating!
Thanks for stopping by my blog, and I hope you get your hands on your book soon. 🙂
Shelver @ Bookshelvers Anon
I think I would like to read this one too – great choice Lisa 🙂
Thanks, Jo! I’ve had my eye on this one for a while now — hope the library gets it soon!
I have a copy of this book which I hope to read this month. I agree that it seems very interesting. I don’t read a lot of historical fiction but this seemed one that I have to read.
Lucky you! I’ll be interested in hearing your thoughts once you read it.