![]() ![]() Locke and his friends, who treat her as a curiosity-a mixed-race girl with a precocious streak, forced into elaborate outfits and docile behavior for the annual society gatherings. January appears to have a charmed childhood but is stifled by the high-society old boy’s club of Mr. Set at the turn of the 20th century, Harrow's debut novel centers on January Scaller, who grows up under the watchful eye of the wealthy Cornelius Locke, who employs her father, Julian, to travel the globe in search of odd objects and valuable treasures to pad his collection, housed in a sprawling Vermont mansion. ![]() An independent young girl finds a blue door in a field and glimpses another world, nudging her onto a path of discovery, destiny, empowerment, and love. ![]()
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