Exalted Objects
Two brothers. One shattered future.
A choice that will haunt a lifetime.
In 1869 New Hampshire, railroad magnate George Stark faces an impossible choice: commit his eccentric brother Will—poet, prankster, and zookeeper—to an asylum or risk his career and family name after a disastrous train crash and public scandal…
ABOUT JANE
Jane D. Cairns is a Massachusetts-based writer and grassroots local historian. She is an active member of GrubStreet in Boston and a graduate of its highly selective Novel Incubator program. An alumna of Smith College, she has worked as a columnist and researcher for numerous trade magazines, including Publishers Weekly and Library Journal. Currently, she serves as a board member of the Andover (Mass.) Center for History and Culture, where she speaks and writes on popular topics in social and economic history. When she isn’t reading or writing, you can likely find her hiking with her husband on regional trail systems, riding her class-1 e-bike, or chasing critters out of her organic vegetable garden. Exalted Objects is her debut novel.