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«Les Portraits de Joséphine» is the historical fiction novel by Tara Conklin, published by Pocket in paperback (in French).
In 1852, in Virginia, Joséphine, a seventeen-year-old pregnant slave, flees the plantation where she cares for the painter Lu Anne Bell. In 2004, lawyer Lina Sparrow, seeking a plaintiff for a reparations case, suspects Joséphine painted the works signed by Lu Anne and confronts family secrets.
The work was originally published in English as The House Girl in 2013; this French edition appeared in 2017. It was nominated for the Goodreads Choice Award in the fiction and debut author category.
For book clubs and those who enjoy dual-timeline plots with social background.
