Despite an impressive beginning, the novel ends on a more predictable note.  Greed and the desire for revenge spur some of the Amsterdammer...

Despite an impressive beginning, the novel ends on a more predictable note.  Greed and the desire for revenge spur some of the Amsterdammer...

Despite an impressive beginning, the novel ends on a more predictable note.  Greed and the desire for revenge spur some of the Amsterdammer...

Interestingly enough, the sister-in-law in The Miniaturist acts as the requisite mean stepmother. She wears black, forbids sugar, and exces...

Interestingly enough, the sister-in-law in The Miniaturist acts as the requisite mean stepmother. She wears black, forbids sugar, and exces...

Interestingly enough, the sister-in-law in The Miniaturist acts as the requisite mean stepmother. She wears black, forbids sugar, and exces...

In this 2014 novel, Jessie Burton captures the life of a Dutch wife during the seventeenth century. Petronella has just married and fee...

There are many ways someone can someone else feel insignificant. Marin and Cornelia, the housekeeper, know how to make Petronella feel inv...

There are many ways someone can someone else feel insignificant. Marin and Cornelia, the housekeeper, know how to make Petronella feel inv...