by Ann Patchett
First published 2021
Siblings Danny and Maeve Conroy grow up in the magnificent Dutch House, a lavish estate their father built in 1920s Philadelphia. But their charmed lives are upended when their father dies and their stepmother cruelly banishes them. Over the next five decades, the unbreakable bond between Danny and Maeve is tested by love, betrayal, and the lure of the beloved house they can never forget. A spellbinding story of family, love, and obsession.
Genres: family, literary-fiction, historical-fiction, 20th-century, 21st-century, family-drama
Vibes: atmospheric, emotional, intimate
Tropes: found-family, siblings
Period: 20th-century, 21st-century
352 pages · Paperback · Harper Perennial