"Reparations for historical injustices." . . "Avocats de société Romans." . . "Femmes esclaves Romans, nouvelles, etc." . . "FICTION / Historical." . . "Esclaves fugitifs Romans." . . "Fiction." . . "Fugitive slaves Virginia Fiction." . . "Propriétaires d'esclaves Romans, nouvelles, etc." . . "Świat Książki." . . "Roman historique." . . . . "Esclaves fugitifs Romans, nouvelles, etc." . . "Historical." . . "Virginia." . . "Corporate lawyers New York (State) New York Fiction." . . "New York (State)" . . "Fugitive slaves." . . "Roman." . . "Secrets de famillle Romans, nouvelles, etc." . . "Corporate lawyers." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The house girl a novel" . . . . "The house girl"@en . . "The house girl" . . . . . . . . . . . "\"Bestseller \"New York Timesa\" Jedna z najlepszych ksiazek 2013 roku w rankingu goodreads Osadzona w XIX-wiecznej Wirginii i wspolczesnym Nowym Jorku, barwna opowiesc o milosci, historii i sztuce, splatajaca losy dwoch niezwyklych kobiet Lina Sparrow, mloda i ambitna prawniczka zatrudniona w znanej kancelarii na Manhattanie, otrzymuje zadanie, ktore moze ja wywindowac na szczyty palestry: ma przygotowac zbiorowy pozew o wielomilionowe odszkodowania dla potomkow amerykanskich niewolnikow. Podczas zbierania materialow, Lina natrafia na slad Lu Anne Bell, XIX-wiecznej malarki. Czy jej obrazy mogly byc dzielem ciemnoskorej sluzacej, siedemnastoletniej Josephine? Jej potomek bylby idealnym powodem w procesie. Lina postanawia dowiedziec sie czegos wiecej na temat losow mlodej sluzacej i odkrywa kolejne sekrety, dotyczace rowniez jej wlasnej rodziny... W sto szescdziesiata rocznice zniesienia niewolnictwa w USA \"Sluzaca\" jawi sie jako literackie upamietnienie setek tysiecy niewolnikow poddanych wyzyskowi w poludniowych stanach, a takze jako pelna uroku medytacja nad zagadka wiezi rodzinnych, nadziejami i cierpieniami ludzkiej egzystencji, i odwiecznym pragnieniem wolnosci.\"--Amazon.com" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Text" . . . "Historical fiction" . . . "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 per-fect 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."@en . . . . . "THE HOUSE GIRL: A NOVEL"@en . "House Girl"@en . "Ausgabe" . "House Girl" . "Electronic books"@en . "Electronic books" . "2004: Lina Sparrow, an artist's daughter, is an ambitious young lawyer working on a historic class-action lawsuit seeking reparations for the descendants of American slaves. 1852: Josephine, a seventeen-year-old slave, tends to the mistress of a Virginia tobacco farm - an aspiring artist named Lu Anne Bell. Lina's search to find a plaintiff for her case will introduce her to Josephine's story. Was she the real talent behind her mistress's now-famous portraits? (Bestseller)" . . . . . "Large type books" . "A seamless juxtaposition of past and present, of the lives of two women, and of the redemptive nature of art and the search for truth and justice. Guaranteed to keep readers up long past their bedtimes.- Publisher." . . . . . "Fiction" . "Fiction"@en . . "House girl"@pl . "A novel of love, family, and justice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the \"perfect plaintiff\" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves." . "A novel of love, family, and justice follows Lina Sparrow, an ambitious first-year associate in a Manhattan law firm, as she searches for the \"perfect plaintiff\" to lead a historic class-action lawsuit worth trillions of dollars in reparations for descendants of American slaves."@en . . "Les portraits de Joséphine" . "De huisbediende" . . . . . . . . . . . "Powieść amerykańska"@pl . . "The house girl : [a novel]" . "Służąca"@pl . "Służąca" . "Amerikanisches Englisch." . . "Virginie" . . "Southern States Fiction." . . "Literary." . . "New York (N.Y.)" . . "Avocates Romans, nouvelles, etc." . . "Reparations for historical injustices Fiction." . .