Tara Conklinová zkoumá složité vztahy mezi ženami a historií ve svých románech. Její styl se vyznačuje hlubokým psychologickým vhledem a poetickým jazykem, který čtenáře vtáhne do prožívaných příběhů. Autorka se zaměřuje na témata identity, rodiny a hledání vlastního místa ve světě. Její díla jsou oslavována pro svou emocionální hloubku a působivou narativní sílu.
Murbridge, Darcy is convinced, will welcome her home and provide a safe space
in which she can nurse her wounds and harbor grudges, both real and
imagined.But Murbridge, like so much else Darcy thought to be fixed and
immutable, has changed.
The House Girl, the historical fiction debut by Tara Conklin, is an unforgettable story of love, history, and a search for justice, set in modern-day New York and 1852 Virginia. Weaving together the story of an escaped slave in the pre–Civil War South and a determined junior lawyer, The House Girl follows Lina Sparrow as she looks for an appropriate lead plaintiff in a lawsuit seeking compensation for families of slaves. In her research, she learns about Lu Anne Bell, a renowned prewar artist whose famous works might have actually been painted by her slave, Josephine. Featuring two remarkable, unforgettable heroines, Tara Conklin's The House Girl is riveting and powerful, literary fiction at its very best.