Rare Objects

by Kathleen Tessaro

Book Overview

In Depression-era Boston, a city divided by privilege and poverty, two unlikely friends are bound by a dangerous secret in this mesmerizing novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Perfume Collector.

Maeve Fanning is a first generation Irish immigrant, born and raised among the poor, industrious Italian families of Boston's North End by her widowed mother. Clever, capable, and as headstrong as her red hair suggests,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0062357549
• ISBN13: 9780062357540
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Harper
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

I wasn’t expect much but was very pleasantly surprised

I really enjoyed this book. It has depth, heart, and a story of redemption and self-discovery, done the hard way. The beautiful illegitimate daughter of a stern Irish mother, Maeve returns from NYC with a terrible set of secrets. Her Italians school friends have moved on with their lives, but gradually her story comes out, to them and to her new employers, as she takes a job that leads her into her new life. But to get there she has to figure out why a girl she met in NYC needs her help, and how to help without completely losing herself. The end is lovely with a vision of the future for her, and unexpectedly, for others in her circle.