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Keeper of the house

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In 1929, at the age of 14, Minyon Manigault, a black girl, lands a job as housekeeper of a South Carolina brothel. For the next 40 years--her virginity intact--she watches white girls lose theirs and rises to a position of …

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In 1929, at the age of 14, Minyon Manigault, a black girl, lands a job as housekeeper of a South Carolina brothel. For the next 40 years--her virginity intact--she watches white girls lose theirs and rises to a position of power. By the author of Private Parts.

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"In 1929, at the age of 14, Minyon Manigault, a black girl, lands a job as housekeeper of a South Carolina brothel. For the next 40 years--her virginity intact--she watches …"

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