The Madwoman Upstairs

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Think you know Charlotte, Emily & Anne? Think again. Samantha Whipple is the last remaining descendent of the illustrious Bronte family. After losing her father, a brilliant author in his own right, it is up to Samantha to piece together the mysterious family inheritance lurking somewhere in her past - yet the only clues she has at her disposal are the Bronte's own novels. With the aid of her handsome but inscrutable Oxford tutor, Samantha must re-purpose the tools of literature to unearth an untold family legacy, and in the process, finds herself face to face with what may be literature's greatest secret.

Catherine Lowell received her BA in Creative Writing from Stanford University and currently lives in New York City.The Madwoman Upstairs is her first novel.

Lowell's terrific first novel is a mystery, a love story, and a very dark comedy . . . the book is about the traces that literature and our ancestors leave in us, and it is about memory as a token of love - Charles Baxter, author of THE FEAST OF LOVE The Madwoman Upstairs had me hooked well into the wee hours . . . Catherine Lowell has such a unique, inspired turn of phrase that you'll find yourself laughing out loud even as she lures you deeper and deeper into this delicious mystery that is destined to become the page-turner of the year - Anne Fortier, author of JULIET