Melissa Albert's Novel Features Art Installation at Gallery
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