Book cover for The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper. The cover illustration shows rows of colorful bookshelves filled with books, interspersed with miniature dollhouses in different styles and colors. At the top, a small blue dollhouse sits among the books, and at the bottom, a green and white dollhouse appears centered on the shelf. The title is displayed in large blue lettering across the middle. Above it, smaller text reads, A secret history. A surprising discovery. A chance to start over.

The Library of Lost Dollhouses

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Book cover for The Library of Lost Dollhouses by Elise Hooper. The cover illustration shows rows of colorful bookshelves filled with books, interspersed with miniature dollhouses in different styles and colors. At the top, a small blue dollhouse sits among the books, and at the bottom, a green and white dollhouse appears centered on the shelf. The title is displayed in large blue lettering across the middle. Above it, smaller text reads, A secret history. A surprising discovery. A chance to start over.
The Library of Lost Dollhouses

The Library of Lost Dollhouses

$14.44 $19.00

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By Elise Hooper
Paperback

"This beautiful page-turner kept me reading all night.” —Janet Skeslien Charles, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Library 

"This one’s an absolute gem.” —Fiona Davis, New York Times bestselling author of The Stolen Queen

When a young librarian discovers hidden historic dollhouses in her library, she embarks on an unexpected journey that reveals surprising secrets about the lost miniatures.

Tildy Barrows, Head Curator of a beautiful archival library in San Francisco, is meticulously dedicated to the century’s worth of inventory housed in her beloved Beaux Art building. She loves the calm and order in the shelves of books and walls of art. But Tildy’s life takes an unexpected turn when she, first, learns the library is on the verge of bankruptcy and, second, discovers two exquisite never-before-seen dollhouses.

After finding clues hidden within these remarkable miniatures, Tildy sets out to decipher the secret history of the dollhouses, aiming to salvage her cherished library in the process. Her journey introduces her to a world of ambitious and gifted women in Belle Époque Paris, a group of scarred World War I veterans in the English countryside, and Walt Disney’s bustling Burbank studio in the 1950s. As Tildy unravels the mystery, she finds not only inspiring, hidden history, but also a future for herself—and an astonishing familial revelation.

Spanning the course of a century, The Library of Lost Dollhouses is a warm, bright, and captivating story of secrets and love that embraces the importance of illuminating overlooked women.