The Silk House

In The Silk House, Australian history teacher Thea Rust arrives at a prestigious British boarding school to oversee its inaugural class of girls, residing in the enigmatic Silk House with its troubled past. The narrative intertwines the lives of three women across generations: Rowan Caswell, a healer navigating a perilous new life in the late 1700s, and Mary-Louise Stephenson, who dreams of breaking into the male-dominated silk design world. As their stories unfold, past secrets and ambitions collide in this captivating gothic mystery that explores resilience and ambition against the backdrop of the silk trade.