RARE OBJECTS - Softcover

Tessaro, Kathleen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007419872 ISBN 13: 9780007419876

Publisher: HarperFiction, 2016

Synopsis

The stunning new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfume Collector.

‘Beautifully written... wonderfully absorbing with a clever twist in the tale’ Isabel Wolff, author of Ghostwritten

Mae Fanning seizes on a job at a tiny, exclusive Boston antiques shop as the fresh start she desperately needs. It opens a window to new world, one peopled with rare and rich characters. But the day that enigmatic socialite Diana van der Laar walks in, Mae’s hidden past returns.

As a moth to a flame, Mae is unable to resist Diana’s heady, seductive glamour and glittering life. Yet, like the rare objects in the shop, very little is what it appears – Diana included.

Moving from Jazz-Age New York to Boston in the grip of the Great Depression, Rare Objects is a rich and gripping story of what it means to reach for a braver, bolder life.

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Review:

‘Full of rich historical detail and intriguing characters... A delight from start to end’ Hazel Gaynor, author of The Girl Who Came Home

‘A delicious novel... Kathleen Tessaro creates unforgettable worlds and, within them, compelling characters who stay with the reader long after she reaches the end’ Adriana Trigiani

‘Excellent... Tessaro has the skill to transport the reader to another time and place. She put me on the streets of Boston's North End. But her description of places and sensations throughout the book are wonderful.’ Charles Belfoure, New York Times bestselling author of House of Thieves and The Paris Architect

From the Back Cover:

Maeve Fanning, who was raised in Boston's North End by her widowed Irish mother, is determined to better herself despite the hardships of the Great Depression. However, she also has a dangerous fondness for strange men and bootleg gin--a rebellious appetite for experience that leads to a downward spiral in New York City and an involuntary admission to a remote psychiatric hospital upstate.

Upon her release, Maeve returns to Boston and lands a job at an antiques shop catering to the city's wealthiest and most peculiar collectors. Run by an elusive English archeologist, the shop is a haven for the obscure and incredible, supplying one-of-a-kind artifacts to its customers while providing Maeve with unique access to New England's social elite. While delivering a purchase to a wealthy family, Maeve is introduced to beautiful and charming socialite Diana Van der Laar--and recognizes her from the hospital.

Reunited with the increasingly unstable Diana and pursued by Diana's brother James, Maeve becomes more entwined with the Van der Laar family. Bewitched by the family's wealth and power, and desperate to leave her own past behind, Maeve is forced to confront just how far she's willing to go to reinvent herself.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperFiction
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0007419872
• ISBN 13: 9780007419876
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 400