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KATIE HOLMES to direct, produce, co-write and star in ‘Rare Objects’ - an adaptation of Kathleen Tessaro’s novel.​

"RARE OBJECTS  is a delicious novel by the imaginative and deft Kathleen Tessaro, who creates unforgettable worlds, and within them, compelling characters who stay with the reader long after she reaches the end. Maeve Fanning is resourceful, loaded with ambition and pluck, but also burdened with an insatiable appetite for more, whether it's romance, booze or the beautiful things a life of luxury provides. This novel turns like the delicate ballerina on a music box, rich in detail, you can't take your eyes off of her, and like Maeve, you shouldn't, as there is much to savor in the dance."

—Adriana Trigiani, New York Times bestselling author of All the Stars in the Heavens

 

“…Tessaro’s complicated heroines—and the shattering reveal of secret after secret—will keep readers guessing until the final page.”

—Publishers Weekly

 

“Set in Depression-era Boston, Kathleen Tessaro’s lovely novel about prized possessions, slick façades, broken lives, and a young woman with a past is a treasure!”

—Stephanie Lehmann, author of Astor Place Vintage

 

"A beautifully written, thoroughly absorbing novel, full of rich historical detail and intriguing characters. A delight from start to end."

—Hazel Gaynor, New York Times bestselling author of The Girl Who Came Home

Take a book off the shelf ...

Kathleen Tessaro's books on a bookshelf.
Rare Objects book cover
The Perfume Collector book cover
The Debutante book cover

RARE OBJECTS

THE PERFUME COLLECTOR

THE DEBUTANTE

The Flirt book cover
Innocence book cover
Elegance book cover

INNOCENCE

THE FLIRT

ELEGANCE

Books
In The Press

IN THE PRESS

ELEGANCE

"Ultra-smart and classily edgy ..."

“This evocative novel –THE PERFUME COLLECTOR –spins you back a few decades to the 20s and 50s where a young bride suppresses her intellect to be the trophy wife her husband desires. She is devastated when he is unfaithful but could it be the making of her?” 

THE DEBUTANTE

"Tessaro gets her story-weaving wand out with a gloriously rich story of past and present love"

Bio

THE SUNDAY TIMES

GLAMOUR, UK

INSTYLE

ABOUT

Kathleen Tessaro photograph

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Kathleen attended the University of Pittsburgh before entering the drama program of Carnegie Mellon University. In the middle of her sophomore year, she went to study in London for three months and stayed for the next twenty-three years. She began writing at the suggestion of a friend and was an early member of the Wimpole Street Writer’s Workshop.

Her debut novel, Elegance, became a bestseller in hardback and paperback. All of Kathleen's novels (Innocence, The Flirt, The Debutante, The Perfume Collector, and most recently, Rare Objects) have been translated into many languages and sold all over the world. She returned to Pittsburgh in 2009, where she now lives with her husband.

CONTACT

Katheen Tessaro ready to walk her dog, Henri.

Agents:

Jonny Geller

Curtis Brown

Haymarket House

28-29 Haymarket

London SW1Y 4SP

UK

+44 207 393 4400

 

Jennifer Joel

ICM Partners

730 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10019

USA

212-556-6730

 

Requests for interviews, media appearances, and bookstore events should be directed to:

 

USA:

Katherine Beitner

Director of Publicity

HarperCollins Publishers

10 East 53rd Street

New York, NY 10022

212-207-7901

katherine.beitner@harpercollins.com

 

UK:

Jaime Frost

Publicity Manager

HarperCollins Publishers

77-85 Fulham Palace Rd.

London W6 8JB

0208 307 4412

jaime.frost@harpercollins.co.uk

 

All Other Countries:

Jonny Geller

Address as above

+44 207 393 4400

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