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Keeper of the House
A Novel
Author: Rebecca T. Godwin
Keeper of the House
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Book Details
Keeper of the House is Rebecca T. Godwin's unforgettable novel narrated by the lively Minyon Manigault, a young black woman from a coastal South Carolina Gullah community.
In 1929, due to mysterious family circumstances, Minyon is given up by her grandmother to the employment of Ariadne Fleming, a white madam in the famously elegant brothel called Hazelhedge. At the age of fourteen, she becomes a pair of eyes and hands, watching and working almost invisibly in a world where men and women leave their inhibition, and their pasts, at the door. As Minyon grows up in the household with other black people who provide behind-the-scenes support of Hazelhedge, she cannot escape her haunting childhood memories. Even while bearing witness to the events unfolding around her, Minyon seeks to find her place in the world, and her pace within herself.
Imprint Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN
9780312135294
In The News
“Quite simply one of the most beautiful novels I have ever read.” —Susan Dodd, Author of Mamaw and Old Wive's Tales
“Minyon's voice is beautiful music, a cello, a harp, a gospel moan.” —Reginald McKnight, author of I Get On the Bus
“Beautifully rendered and flawlessly maintained Gullah speech that occasionally whispers of the easy lyricism of Zora Neale Hurston.” —Orlando Sentinel
“A beautifully mesmerizing tale that will long be remembered. An absolute triumph.” —Jill McCorkle