Glory over Everything: Beyond The Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I'm without words. This is such a beautiful book!
It's sad but full of hope, it has love, adventure, history. It's incredibly well written and researched.
Though I haven't read The Kitchen House (on my TBR list already), it does mention some events that happen in that book, but they are described so that you can read it separately.
James Burton is a wealthy silversmith who lives in Philadelphia. He is an orphan who was adopted 20 years ago by the Burton's, a child less couple. And he has a secret: although he looks white, his mother is a mulatto. He has managed to pass as white all his life, in fact he didn't even know about his black mother until he was 13 years old, but he lives in constant fear of being discovered.
When his young servant is abducted by slave traders, he will have to travel to the place he fears most, and where there is great danger to his life and his freedom.
I received an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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