January Scaller lives in a mansion filled with rare and old things like an over crowded museum. Her father works for Mr. Locke by traveling all over collecting artifacts. Mr. Locke has raised January in his absence with a string of tutors.
In a trunk in one of the rooms, January found a book. She is not sure who left it, but she thinks it may have been a gift to her. It is a kind of biography of a woman and the man who is trying to find her. A woman who seems to be able to travel to elsewhere.
Once when January was younger, she traveled with Mr. Locke to the middle of the country. There she found a door that seems to call out to her to be opened. When she opened it, the place on the other side seemed like elsewhere. Maybe another world. When she told Mr. Locke, he had the door burned.
Now she remember that door. One she sometimes thought she made up. If the woman in the book could find these doors, maybe January can, too.
Harrow has written a beautiful fantasy novel. It is set in the early 1900s and deals with class, race and more within the story of January Scaller. It is a book of wonder, sadness and courage. After reading this, I will read anything Harrow writes!
Harrow, Alix E. (2019). The Ten Thousand Doors of January. New York: Redhook.
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