*A 2022 FOREWORD REVIEWS BOOK AWARD FINALIST*
**A new novel by the award-winning author of Under the Mercy Trees.
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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.
