![]() ![]() Nella, as she’s known to the reader, begins to fill this exquisite house with miniature interpretations of the world she now finds herself in. The story takes you through her journey into a rushed adulthood and is spiked with the mystery of ‘the miniaturist’, who was hired to furnish a dollhouse gifted to her by the estranged husband. Set in Amsterdam in the late 1600s, our story begins with a young girl, Petronella, being sent off to live with her new husband as part of an arranged marriage. Four hundred pages later and not only did I prove myself wrong, but I would gladly recommend this book to the whole internet. ![]() Jessie Burton’s debut novel was instantly met with huge success, leading it to become translated into a number of different languages and sold in 30 different countries. I was slightly sceptical at first, if not only because this is not usually the sort of book I would reach for. ![]()
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