{"product_id":"the-house-of-fortune-by-jessie-burton-9781509886104","title":"The House of Fortune","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Fortune\u003c\/em\u003e is the sequel to Jessie Burton's million-copy bestseller, \u003cem\u003eThe Miniaturist\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'A book of beauty and insight . . . awe-inspiring. Burton is a master storyteller'\u003c\/em\u003e — Elizabeth Day\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn the golden city of Amsterdam, in 1705, Thea Brandt is turning eighteen, and she is ready to welcome adulthood with open arms. At the city's theatre, Walter, the love of her life, awaits her, but at home in the house on the Herengracht, all is not well—her father Otto and Aunt Nella argue endlessly, and the Brandt family are selling their furniture in order to eat. On Thea's birthday, also the day that her mother Marin died, the secrets from the past begin to overwhelm the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNella is desperate to save the family and maintain appearances, to find Thea a husband who will guarantee her future. When they receive an invitation to Amsterdam's most exclusive ball, she is overjoyed—perhaps this will set their fortunes straight.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAnd indeed, the ball does set things spinning: new figures enter their life, promising new futures. But their fates are still unclear, and when Nella feels a strange prickling sensation on the back of her neck, she remembers the miniaturist who entered her life and toyed with her fortunes eighteen years ago. Perhaps, now, she has returned for her . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe House of Fortune\u003c\/em\u003e is a glorious, sweeping story of fate and ambition, secrets and dreams, and one young woman's determination to rule her own destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"United Sourcing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976273477868,"sku":"9781509886104","price":18.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781509886104-the-house-of-fortune.jpg?v=1784666855","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-house-of-fortune-by-jessie-burton-9781509886104","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}