The Cloisters by Katy Hays
The Cloisters by Katy Hays Submitted by Heather Groom Branch Manager for Sullivan Gardens Public Library Katy Hays delivers a genre bending debut with The Cloisters. Hays takes on the classic moral conundrum: are our fates laid out before us, or can our destinies be changed by our choices? She doesn't split hairs with philosophical rhetoric, but packs in a heady combination of magic and legend to fortify this explosive story. Ann Stilwell arrives at the NY Metropolitan Museum of Art with the intentions of diving into her work and putting her past behind her. Upon arrival, she is transferred to "The Cloisters", a Gothic museum and garden full of lush flora and medieval art. Her co workers are Patrick, the curator specializing in, of all things, the history of tarot. Rachel Mondray is the museum's curatorial associate and Leo Bitburg is caretaker and cultivator of poisonous plants. Surrounded by this quirky, eccentric cast of characters, Ann plunges head ...