The Puppeteer’s Daughters
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
HBL Note: I was known as “the Principal’s daughter” growing up, especially in Middle School when my dad was the Principal of our school. It had its pros and cons. The women in award-winning author Heather Newton’s latest novel are, as the title of the book suggests, known as THE PUPPETEER’S DAUGHTERS. Their father was “renowned, manipulative, and eccentric” and left each daughter to find their place amongst his legacy. I can relate to wanting to make a name for yourself separate from that of your parents. When I went to high school. finally escaping from my dad’s school, I was relieved to be on my own. But in my first class the teacher recognized my last name and asked if I was the principal’s daughter. Without missing I beat I said “No, there’s no relation.” Well, turns out the superintendent was sitting in the back of the room and the story made it back to my dad before I even got home. Scroll down to read how the characters in Heather Newton’s THE PUPPETEER’S DAUGHTERS find their place (hopefully they were more successful than high school me! ha!)
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
From the publisher:
Famed puppeteer and master manipulator Walter Gray surprises his three daughters by announcing there is a fourth at his 80th birthday party. An incomplete paternity test—and a will that places a condition on each daughter’s inheritance—suggest that the missing daughter isn’t a figment of his dementia.
Jane, the eldest, is tired of her father’s eccentricities. She remembers the scarcity of her childhood and doesn’t want another sister to share the birthright.
Rosie, born out of wedlock, sees the missing sister as her key to acceptance as a full member of the puppeteer’s family.
Cora, the youngest, born after Walter achieved fame and fortune, is most concerned with extricating herself from running Walter’s company so that she can pursue her own life.
The sisters each knew a different version of their enigmatic father, but all grew up in the presence of fairy tales acted out with marionettes and shadow puppets. If they are to find the fourth daughter and claim the legacy their father has left them, the three must confront their fractured relationships with their father and each other. Infused with fairy tales that sometimes spill magic into the sisters’ real lives, The Puppeteer’s Daughters is a stunningly-woven family saga about the cost and rewards of claiming a creative life.
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
Book Feature - The Puppeteer’s Daughters by Heather Newton
