The house girl /

Conklin, Tara.

The house girl / Tara Conklin. - 1st ed. - New York : William Morrow, - 372 pages ; 24 cm

"A novel"--Cover.

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.

9780062207395 (hardcover : acidfree paper) 0062207393 (hardcover : acid-free paper) 9780062207517 (pbk. : acid-free paper) 0062207512 (pbk. : acid-free paper)

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Reparations for historical injustices--Fiction.
Fugitive slaves--Virginia--Fiction.
Corporate lawyers--New York (State)--New York--Fiction.
Corporate lawyers.
Fugitive slaves.
Reparations for historical injustices.


New York (State)--New York.
Virginia.


Fiction.

PS3603.O5346 / H68 2013

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