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The house of fortune jessie burton5/30/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() However, after Walter breaks her heart, Thea resigns herself to marrying a wealthy lawyer from a prominent family. ![]() Thea finds refuge at a nearby theater with her friend Rebecca, a fierce and talented leading lady and Walter, the chief set-painter and Thea’s secret lover. The family can barely afford the house, which Otto inherited, leading to Nella intensifying her efforts to find a wealthy husband for Thea, whose mother was white, and Otto thinking about partnering with a botanist to cultivate pineapples in Holland. In 1705 Amsterdam, 18-year-old Thea Brandt lives in a cold mansion with her father, Otto, a Black man who was formerly enslaved her aunt Nella and her elderly nursemaid and cook Cornelia. Burton returns with a captivating standalone companion to 2014’s The Miniaturist. ![]()
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