Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray : a novel
Title
:
Mrs. Lee and Mrs. Gray : a novel
Author
:
Love, Dorothy, 1949- author.
ISBN
:
9780718042448
Physical Description
:
386 pages ; 22 cm
General Note
:
Includes reading group guide.
Personal Subject
:
Lee, Mary Randolph Custis, 1807-1873-Fiction.
Subject Term
:
African American women -- Fiction.
Enslaved persons -- United States -- Fiction.
Female friendship -- Fiction.
Geographic Term
:
United States -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction.
Genre
:
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Christian fiction.
Summary
:
Mary Anna Custis Lee is a great-granddaughter of Martha Washington, wife of Confederate General Robert E Lee, and heiress to Virginia's storied Arlington house and General Washington's personal belongings. Born in bondage at Arlington, Selina Norris Gray learns to read and write in the schoolroom Mary and her mother keep for the slave children, and eventually becomes Mary's housekeeper and confidante. As Mary's health declines, Selina becomes her personal maid, strengthening a bond that lasts until death parts them. Forced to flee Arlington at the start of the Civil War, Mary entrusts the keys to her beloved home to no one but Selina. When Union troops begin looting the house, it is Selina who confronts their commander and saves many of its historic treasures.
Library | Call Number | Status |
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Bayport Public Library | FICTION LOV | Fiction Collection |
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake) | FICTION LOV | Fiction Collection |
Oakdale Library | FICTION LOV | Fiction Collection |
Park Grove Library (Cottage Grove) | FICTION LOV | Checked Out |
R.H. Stafford Library (Woodbury) | FICTION LOV | Fiction Collection |
Wildwood Library (Mahtomedi) | FICTION LOV | Fiction Collection |