The House of Doors Budi a widow tries to come

a widow tries to come to terms with her husband’s death―and the truth about their marriage―in Laura van den Berg’s surreal

and the fragile persistence of humanity

In a fantasy adventure every bit as compelling and confident in its world building as her Newbery Honor Book A Wish in the Dark

But the deeper she ventures

Marianne is ever more tormented by the unmarked gravestone in the abandoned chapel and the tidal pull of the river

The House of Doors Budi a widow tries to comeIts 1921, and Lesley Hamlyn and her husband, Roberta respected lawyer and war veteranare living at Cassowary House on the Straits Settlement of Penang. Their quiet, cultivated life is disrupted by the arrival of Roberts old friend, the celebrated writer W. Somerset Maugham, accompanied by his loyal secretary, Gerald. But what begins as a social visit soon exposes fault lines beneath the surface of every relationship in the house. Maugham, though still