The Secrets of Heavenly by Teresa Robison

Although she grows up in the 'big house' treated like family by her pair of white friends, Willa cannot forget that she is still a slave.

Right away, two of the Master's children-Marianne and Seth-forge a bond with Willa, in spite of their older brother Foster's warnings about the evils of mixing with the 'darkies'. A young slave girl named Willa suddenly arrives at Heavenly Plantation with her mother Heddie, destined to serve the wealthy plantation family as house servants. … ( more)ġ846.Before Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is a its peak in South Carolina. As Willa's story is told, a dramatic tapestry is woven, binding the Witherell family to a web of secrets that include forbidden love and faithful friendships alongside dangerous obsessions, mental instability, and even murder. As it threads through the lives of its diverse characters, this novel captures the complicated and often violent nature of life in the antebellum South. Never is that fact made clearer than when Foster cruelly taunts and threatens her in secret.

As it threads through the lives of its diverse characters, this novel captures the complicated and often violent nature of life in the antebellum Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is a its peak in South Carolina. Right away, two of the Master's children-Marianne and Seth-forge a bond with Willa, in spite of their older brother Foster's warnings about the evils of mixing with the 'darkies.' Although she grows up in the 'big house' treated like family by her pair of white friends, Willa cannot forget that she is still a slave. 'Before Lincoln and the American Civil War, slavery is at its peak in South Carolina.

The Secrets of Heavenly by Teresa Robison