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Once upon a time, there was a house. Such an appropriate first sentence for a story that has both a fairy tale feel and a mysterious house as a central character. Myra Malone came into possession of the Minuscule Mansion essentially an antique miniature dollhouse but with no dolls when she was six years old and since then, she became its meticulous and thoughtful caretaker, dedicating her life to the Mansion's maintenance and upkeep. Through the encouragement of her only friend and former neighbor Gwen, Myra begins to share her writing via blog posts and soon amasses a huge following that numbers in the hundred thousands. Meanwhile, in Virginia, Alex Rakes, who works for his family's custom furniture business, encounters a couple looking to recreate one of the Mansion rooms when they show him pictures of the room from Myra's website, he is shocked to discover his own bedroom mirrored back to him in miniature scale. Hoping to find out what is going on, Alex starts up correspondence with Myra and as they begin to share their respective stories as well as slowly unravel the mystery behind the Mansion, they end up going down a path that neither of them expected.
The world this story is so big and so tiny at the same time. I don't want to try to explain it to anyone. I think you have to read it for yourself. Maybe look at the first few pages and see if it's for you; it was definitely for me, and I am so glad I read it.
From The Publisher:
A woman learns to expand the boundaries of her small world and let love inside it in this sparkling and unforgettable novel by Audrey Burges.
From her attic in the Arizona mountains, thirty-four-year-old Myra Malone blogs about a dollhouse mansion that captivates thousands of readers worldwide. Myra's stories have created legions of fans who breathlessly await every blog post, trade photographs of Mansion-modeled rooms, and swap theories about the enigmatic and reclusive author. Myra herself is tethered to the Mansion by mysteries she can't understand-rooms that appear and disappear overnight, music that plays in its corridors.
Across the country, Alex Rakes, the scion of a custom furniture business, encounters two Mansion fans trying to recreate a room. The pair show him the Minuscule Mansion, and Alex is shocked to recognize a reflection of his own life mirrored back to him in minute scale. The room is his own bedroom, and the Mansion is his family's home, handed down from the grandmother who disappeared mysteriously when Alex was a child. Searching for answers, Alex begins corresponding with Myra. 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.
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