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Summary: This was a richly textured book in prose, theme and plot!!
Review: This book was really really nice! I think going overboard with flattery and complements would not do this book justice. There are so many books out there on race, but they seem so blah, blah, blah is a good way to put it. Keepers of the House has a no-holds-bar cutting truth in the end that I like -- that unknown, unbearable truth that I have not seen in other books which try to tackle the subject of race, politics and interracial marriage. This book and Harper Lee's To Kill A Mockingbird really do go hand in hand. Bravo Shirley!
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Summary: An incredible entrancing family
Review: This book was so real, its people and environments so brilliantly vivid I was captivated from start to finish. This is a breathtaking sorrowful story.
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Summary: Mississippi during segregation
Review: This is an interesting novel in view of recent events in the news. A prominant white widower, during times of racial segregation, has an affair with a black housekeeper producing three children who are raised with his grand-daughter until they are old enough to send to private boarding schools in the north. He provides for them financially, but does not acknowledge them publicly, although it is well known among the family and others.His grand-daughter marries a man with political aspirations who joins the Klan to further his career. Things go along fine, but the truth will out. People seeking vengence of whatever kind forget where their fortunes lie. And people should remember who owns the county and who pays the bills before throwing stones.
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Summary: Wonderful, the best Sunday I've spent in a long time!!
Review: What a fascinating read!! The Keepers Of The House is a marvelous book that I spent an entire Sunday reading, from cover to cover. It tells the story of William Howland, a wealthy white landowner, and Margaret Carmichael, a black woman who becomes his maid, and the love that they shared, along with the choses and consequences their love would bring. The story is told by William's grandaughter Abigail Howland Mason, in a long line of Abigails. She narrates this tale, William's and Margaret's history, how they met, their children and how they lived. She also tells how years later the marriage of William and Margaret affects her life. Grau tells the story of forbidden love and revenge that is laced with racism extraordinarily well. Even though throughout the book the reader is aware that the narrator is Abigail, it doesn't hinder the essence of William and Margaret. The soul of the characters are exposed. A very well written book. I know of no better way of spending a Sunday!!
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