Even though they are separated in age by seven years, Maeve
and Danny Conroy are extraordinaryly close.
Abandoned by their mother and raised by an indifferent father, the
children depend on each other. The Conroys live in a beautiful mansion they love and call The Dutch House, named after the former owners. Out of the blue, their father remarries Andrea, a selfish
step-mother who has two young daughters. “The Dutch House” is also a novel
about affluence — about having it, losing it and then getting some of it back.
After their father’s sudden death, Andrea evicts Maeve and Danny from the house. They spend the rest of the book mourning the loss of the house and of
most of their money. The thing that makes this book
extraordinary is how much you care about the siblings and The Dutch House,
which becomes another character in this fascinating novel.
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