Cobble Hill author Jessie Burton will discuss her debut novel “The Miniaturist” at Book Court on September 13.
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— Jessie Burton (@jesskatbee) September 5, 2014
Brooklyn Eagle: “The Miniaturist,” based on real people, was inspired by the author’s visit to an Amsterdam museum, where she was drawn to a famous 17th-century replica of a wealthy merchant’s mansion that had originally belonged to a woman named Petronella Oortman. The novel focuses on the domestic world of women in a repressive, religious society. “Petronella became my heroine, Nella,” Burton explains, “and from her miniature house, my story was born.”
Source: Cobble Hill Blog
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