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message 1: by Jeannette (new) - rated it 4 stars
Mar 27, 2015 06:48PM

Jeannette (jmtrivera) | 517 comments Mod
Petronella arrives at her new home, only to discover a house full of secrets which no one will share with her. Her new husband buys her a cabinet house as a wedding gift, but when Nella attempts to fill it with a few pieces, she begins to suspect the Miniaturist is trying to tell her something about all the secrets and questions in her new home. What questions did you want the Miniaturist to answer for you?


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Apr 01, 2015 05:26AM

Tara Newman (taranewman) | 130 comments Mod
Guys Susan, Jeannette and I had an amazing conversation about this quote:
NELLA: THE TURNIP CANNOT THRIVE IN THE TULIP’S PATCH OF SOIL [Burton, Jessie (2014-08-26). The Miniaturist: A Novel (p. 207). HarperCollins. Kindle Edition. ]

What do you think it means? What is the turnip and what is the tulip?


message 3: by Jeannette (new) - rated it 4 stars
Apr 01, 2015 06:21AM

Jeannette (jmtrivera) | 517 comments Mod
Tara wrote: "Guys Susan, Jeannette and I had an amazing conversation about this quote:
NELLA: THE TURNIP CANNOT THRIVE IN THE TULIP’S PATCH OF SOIL [Burton, Jessie (2014-08-26). The Miniaturist: A Novel (p. 20..."

Okay, I'll start:
My theory was that the women of the story were the turnips and the tulips were the rest of Amsterdam, seeing as turnips are heartier than tulips and support life, whereas tulips are a symbol of Amsterdam and also very much about beauty and surface.


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