It’s not a dollhouse: Not only are there no dolls, but it’s also far more elaborate and detailed than any standard dollhouse. Special thanks to the publicists at Penguin Random House and to NetGalley for providing me with an ARC of this book! SummaryĮver since she was a little kid, Myra Malone has devoted her time to a miniature mansion. I didn’t know what to expect going into it, but it absolutely captivated me. This debut novel is so imaginative and magical, and it defies easy categorization. One of my most anticipated novels of 2023 has been The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone by Audrey Burges. 'Love stories, detailed and fascinating miniatures, and magic make a perfect potion. 'ALL THE STARS!! I loved this one so very much - my first 5 star read of the year! Magic realism, a romance and a little mystery all rolled into one in this touching story. But it’s a story you want to read and tuck away in your heart…like that magical dress you had as a child' 'I could not put this book down nor can I describe it to you.
Readers are enchanted by this magical tale: Together, the two unwind the lonely paths of their twin worlds - big and small - and trace the stories that entwine them, setting the stage for a meeting rooted in loss, but defined by love. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra.
The Mansion is his family’s home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Alex is shocked to recognize his own bedroom in minute scale. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by a strange magic she can’t understand - there are rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.Īcross the country, Alex Rakes, the thirty-four year-old heir of a furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room from her stories. Audrey Burges' The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone is a charming and magical debut novel, with a love story at its heart, woven across multiple periods and perspectives, about a mystical dolls’ house.įrom her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four year-old recluse Myra Malone blogs about a miniature mansion – a dolls' house – which captivates thousands of readers worldwide.
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