At its beautifully oh-so different heart, The Minuscule Mansion is a fabulously warming feel-good debut novel. After an accident as a child, Myra finds herself in possession of a hand-crafted miniature mansion, a rather bossy friend, and a reluctance to leave the safety of her attic sanctuary in Arizona. Debut author Audrey Burges has the most eloquent way with words, it feels as though she gathers you in for a reading hug. The mansion sits on the edge of a magical world, connected to an actual home, on the other side of the country. The story weaves through different time frames, creates links, seduces with magic, and looks at the strengths and weaknesses of different types of relationships. The magic realism of this story adds strength and vibrancy, I had absolutely no hesitation in falling headlong into this tale. Challenges are addressed, and death, grief, fear, and anxiety are explored with care and consideration. Chosen as a LoveReading Star Book and Liz Pick of the Month, The Minuscule Mansion of Myra Malone is a quirky and joy filled read we recommend with heart and soul.
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.
