A solid 3.75. I really enjoyed this one. Set in Depression Era Boston, Maeve Fanning is cunning, smart, and totally adrift. She finds herself working in an antique shop, and immersed both in the lives and inner workings of that business, as much as entangled with the Van De Leer family, enigmatic, mysterious, a glamorous world of half truths. One of the themes in the novel, was that "you become the story you tell." Selling rare objects is about the story of where things came from, broken, old, lost and found, and our histories. The parallel with the characters is portrayed in this vein. Ultimately, Maeve has to figure out her own history and who she ultimately wishes to become.
I loved it. Breezed through it quickly, and then finished another one before reviewing it - and I dislike that, but I hope I've done it justice and honor.
This was Book Five for me for my personal Prosperity Challenge.
I loved it. Breezed through it quickly, and then finished another one before reviewing it - and I dislike that, but I hope I've done it justice and honor.
This was Book Five for me for my personal Prosperity Challenge.