Tara Conklin’s first novel, “The House Girl,” arrives in the middle of Black History Month boasting all the qualities of a Very Earnest Bestseller. Like Kathryn Stockett’s “The Help,” which has sold millions of copies, “The House Girl” depicts privileged white women and oppressed black women in a familiar, unchallenging way that strokes our liberal sensibilities and lets us feel again the sweet pleasure of racial enlightenment.
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