The Miniaturist

Publisher Marketing:" There is nothing hidden that will not be revealed "On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin. But Nella s world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. To furnish her gift, Nella engages the services of a miniaturist an elusive and enigmatic artist whose tiny creations mirror their real-life counterparts in eerie and unexpected ways Johannes gift helps Nella to pierce the closed world of the Brandt household. But as she uncovers its unusual secrets, she begins to understand and fear the escalating dangers that await them all. In this repressively pious society where gold is worshipped second only to God, to be different is a threat to the moral fabric of society, and not even a man as rich as Johannes is safe. Only one person seems to see the fate that awaits them. Is the miniaturist the key to their salvation or the architect of their destruction?Enchanting, beautiful, and exquisitely suspenseful, "The Miniaturist "is a magnificent story of love and obsession, betrayal and retribution, appearance and truth." Review Citations: Audio File 12/01/2014 pg. 30 (EAN 9781483041667, Compact Disc) Library Journal 06/15/2014 pg. 82 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Publishers Weekly 06/23/2014 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 01/01/0001 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2014 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) - *Starred Review Entertainment Weekly 08/22/2014 pg. 115 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 08/22/2014 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Shelf Awareness 08/29/2014 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Entertainment Weekly 09/05/2014 pg. 11 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) New York Times Book Review 09/28/2014 pg. 34 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Kirkus Best Fiction 11/15/2014 pg. 13 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) BookPage 09/01/2014 (EAN 9780062306814, Hardcover) Contributor Bio:  Burton, Jessie JESSIE BURTON, born in 1982, studied at the University of Oxford and the Central School of Speech and Drama and has worked as an actress and a PA. She currently lives in southeast London, not far from where she grew up. WEB: JESSIEBURTON. WORDPRESS. COMTWITTER: @JESSKATBEEContributor Bio:  Porter, Davina Davina Porter has been enthralling listeners for over twenty-five years with her ability to mine the psychological depths of the characters she reads and bring them convincingly to life. She has been honored as an AudioFile Golden Voice and won the prestigious Audie Award in 2006.