In the late nineteenth century, in Washington Square, two children play with a red balloon… and so begins the strange romance between Daniel, beautiful and tiny, and Grace, known as The Fat Princess, an orphaned girl whose enormous girth matches her wealth. Each wishes for a life of the mind, for artistic mastery, to be read and to be understood - most of all by each other - but through their lives, the couple only occasionally meet, until Daniel uncovers Grace's great secret in her House of Death.
| ISBN: | 9781936797097 |
| Publication date: | 22nd May 2026 |
| Author: | Paisley Rekdal |
| Publisher: | Tupelo Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 298 pages |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
In the late nineteenth century, in Washington Square, two children play with a red balloon… and so begins the strange romance between Daniel, beautiful and tiny, and Grace, known as The Fat Princess, an orphaned girl whose enormous girth matches her wealth. Each wishes for a life of the mind, for artistic mastery, to be read and to be understood - most of all by each other - but through their lives, the couple only occasionally meet, until Daniel uncovers Grace's great secret in her House of Death.
The Posthumous Affair features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction
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The Posthumous Affair was written by Paisley Rekdal and published by Tupelo Press
The Posthumous Affair has 298 pages