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Melissa Albert's Novel Features Art Installation at Gallery

publication · 2026-06-22

Melissa Albert's novel 'The Children' features a protagonist, Guinevere Sharpe, who publishes a memoir about being the daughter of a children's-book author. The launch coincides with news that her estranged brother will open an art installation titled 'Mother' at a gallery. The novel blends creative, familial, and supernatural mysteries.

Key facts

  • Novel 'The Children' by Melissa Albert published by Morrow
  • Protagonist Guinevere Sharpe publishes a memoir about her mother
  • Her mother was a children's-book author who died before completing a series
  • The series involved a figure extracting children's dreams
  • Guinevere's estranged brother opens an art installation titled 'Mother'
  • The installation is at a gallery
  • Albert's prose sometimes strains for lyricism
  • The mysteries in the novel exert a powerful draw

Entities

Artists

  • Melissa Albert

Institutions

  • Morrow

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