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The House of Fortune
The Miniaturist, #2
Book • 2022
In 1705 Amsterdam, eighteen-year-old Thea Brandt, a young Dutch-African woman, navigates her coming-of-age amid her family's financial decline and hidden secrets from the past.
As her aunt Nella desperately seeks a wealthy husband for her at an exclusive ball, Thea falls for Walter, the theatre's set painter, while eerie miniature figurines reappear, hinting at the miniaturist's return.
The story explores themes of love, identity, race, gender expectations, and family loyalty in a richly evoked Golden Age Amsterdam.
As her aunt Nella desperately seeks a wealthy husband for her at an exclusive ball, Thea falls for Walter, the theatre's set painter, while eerie miniature figurines reappear, hinting at the miniaturist's return.
The story explores themes of love, identity, race, gender expectations, and family loyalty in a richly evoked Golden Age Amsterdam.
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