![]() ![]() Johannes is kind yet distant, always locked in his study or at his warehouse office-leaving Nella alone with his sister, the sharp-tongued and forbidding Marin.īut Nella’s world changes when Johannes presents her with an extraordinary wedding gift: a cabinet-sized replica of their home. But her new home, while splendorous, is not welcoming. ![]() On a brisk autumn day in 1686, eighteen-year-old Nella Oortman arrives in Amsterdam to begin a new life as the wife of illustrious merchant trader Johannes Brandt. ![]() Having learned that the last person to see her was Constance Holden, a reclusive novelist who withdrew from public life at the peak of her fame, Rose is drawn to the door of Connie’s imposing house in search of a confession… Three decades later, Rose Simmons is seeking answers about her mother, who disappeared when she was a baby. When she overhears a conversation at a party that turns everything on its head, Elise makes an impulsive decision that will change her life forever. But whilst Connie thrives on the heat and electricity of this new world where everyone is reaching for the stars and no one is telling the truth, Elise finds herself floundering. Elise follows Connie to LA, a city of strange dreams and swimming pools and late-night gatherings of glamorous people. Connie is bold and alluring, a successful writer whose novel is being turned into a major Hollywood film. One winter’s afternoon on Hampstead Heath in 1980, Elise Morceau meets Constance Holden and quickly falls under her spell. ![]()
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