{"product_id":"emilys-house","title":"Emily's House","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShe was Emily Dickinson’s maid, her confidante, her betrayer… and the savior of her legacy. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eAn evocative new novel about Emily Dickinson's longtime maid, Irish immigrant Margaret Maher, whose bond with the poet ensured Dickinson's work would live on, from the \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eFlight of the Sparrow\u003c\/i\u003e, Amy Belding Brown.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMassachusetts, 1869.\u003c\/i\u003e Margaret Maher has never been one to settle down. At twenty-seven, she's never met a man who has tempted her enough to relinquish her independence to a matrimonial fate, and she hasn't stayed in one place for long since her family fled the potato famine a decade ago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Maggie accepts a temporary position at the illustrious Dickinson family home in Amherst, it's only to save money for her upcoming trip West to join her brothers in California. Maggie never imagines she will form a life-altering friendship with the eccentric, brilliant Miss Emily or that she'll stay at the Homestead for the next thirty years.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this richly drawn novel, Amy Belding Brown explores what it is to be an outsider looking in, and she sheds light on one of Dickinson's closest confidantes—perhaps the person who knew the mysterious poet best—whose quiet act changed history and continues to influence literature to this very day.","brand":"OUATB","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47963666874623,"sku":"*R0027598*","price":7.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0487\/5550\/7364\/files\/4986123482399.jpg?v=1767191544","url":"https:\/\/shop.onceuponatimebooks.com\/products\/emilys-house","provider":"Once Upon a Time Books AR","version":"1.0","type":"link"}