03081cam a2200337 4500 626360710 TxAuBib 20221130120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781635579758 1635579759 B09RFKPWWZ Amazon 57885c23-ed71-4614-994c-bebde5189daa OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8759613 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Burton, Jessie. The House of Fortune [Libby eBook] : Miniaturist Series, Book 2. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2022. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2830kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>Alive with the magic of Amsterdam, the enchanting new historical novel from the author of the sensational <i>New York Times</i> bestseller <i>The Miniaturist</i>, which has sold more than two million copies.</b><br /> <b><br /></b>In 1705 Amsterdam, Thea Brandt is coming of age, trying to grapple with her family's secrets and her own identity as a young Dutch-African woman. She's drawn to the theater and an artistic life, but with her family in serious financial decline, pressure is on Thea to marry up in society.<br /> <br /> As her father and Aunt Nella work desperately to save the family home and catastrophe threatens to engulf them, Thea seeks refuge in the arms of her secret lover, Walter, the chief set-painter at her favorite theater. But the thrill of their romance is shadowed by another secret she keeps close: Her birthday marks the day her mother, Marin, died in labor. Thea's family refuses to share the details of the story, just as they seem terrified to speak of the shadowy artist from their past whose tiny figurines seem to capture the things most carefully hidden away. Aunt Nella believes the solution to Thea's problems is to find her a husband, and an unexpected invitation to Amsterdam's most exclusive ball seems like a golden opportunity. But when a miniature figure of Walter turns up on Thea's doorstep, it becomes clear that someone out there has another fate in mind for the family- and that perhaps the new beginning Thea seeks won't depend on a man.<br /> <br /> A feat of sweeping, magical storytelling, <i>The House of Fortune</i> is an unputdownable novel about love and obsession, family and loyalty, and the fantastic power of secrets. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-01-30 20:00:02. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=57885c23-ed71-4614-994c-bebde5189daa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=57885c23-ed71-4614-994c-bebde5189daa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=57885c23-ed71-4614-994c-bebde5189daa&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) TXMLR