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Lisa Gornick’s novel THE PEACOCK FEAST is a story so mesmerizing from a historical fiction perspective and deeply magnetic on a familial level. Generations of different families suffer greatly, relationships endure while others are unable to sustain, feelings are withheld.

Based on the interactions with two legends in history in the early 1900s – primarily Louis C. Tiffany, of stained-glass fame, and to a lesser extent, Charles C. Burlingham, known as CCB, a civic leader in New York. Tiffany’s greed and eccentric style are depicted as far beyond normal.

These two families intersect with the O’Connors, servants at Laurelton Hall, Tiffany’s Oyster Bay mansion, a gardener and a maid, and the lifelong drama that keeps them entwined.

Mental illness, physical illness, tragedy. A complex, suspenseful novel that will surely shake you to your core. And, an ending that you will not see coming.


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The Peacock Feast A Novel Lisa Gornick Books Reviews

The Peacock Feast, amply named after the most famous of Tiffany lamps, is not a story about Louis Tiffany, rather it's about a family who worked for him. Gardner, housekeeper, and siblings Prudence and Randall. These siblings haven't seen each other in a very long time. Grace, a relation to Randall, visits Prudence one day with some mementos. Of course, there is a story here. It's a story spanning nearly a hundred years. A tale of survival, grief, regret and acceptance. Choices made in a lifetime cannot be undone, even through regret or unhappiness. I really found this story sad. I enjoyed it, but I hated the sadness. The characters are loveable and charming. The ending is satisfying. This is a great read for fans of historical fiction. Thanks to NetGalley for an arc in exchange for an honest review.
I loved this novel. It's a dizzyingly complex masterpiece that ping-pongs between the present (2013), when 101-year-old Prudence meets her grand-niece Grace, and the past, which starts in 1914 and follows Prudence and her family over the next century. It’s truly an epic saga, but told with so much care, with such intimacy, that we never get lost or confused in the transitions between past and present. And this alternating past-present structure heightens the element of suspense and makes this my favorite type of read a literary novel that I can't put down because I need to know what happened!

The other thing I love about this novel is that the author used so many vivid, rich details and created a sense of authenticity. This is historical fiction, with real-life, famous figures such as Louis C. Tiffany (of the Tiffany lamps) and Anna Freud, as well as historically significant places connected with their families.

Probably my favorite part of this novel is the ending. I did not see that bombshell coming. This book isn't categorized as a suspense or mystery, and yet, throughout the story, I somehow knew that something significant was waiting to be uncovered, some deep secret behind characters' behaviors. And when the truth finally comes out—oh, what a moment! I love twists that aren’t telegraphed; precisely because you’re not expecting it, the presence of a surprise reveal is itself a twist, and the substance of the reveal only serves to amplify the effect. It’s hard to discuss without giving anything away, but suffice it to say that I found the ending most satisfying, and as soon as I finished the book, I turned back to the beginning to re-read it, fascinated to see what I’d missed or misunderstood the first time through.
Lisa Gornick is that wise and kind friend we all need as we look back on our lives. She records with honesty, skillfully interweaves stories, paints the detailed richness of a century of human life, leaves us in tears, and creates a tale of such breathtaking wisdom that we want to visit again and again to highlight the lessons to be learned here. Bravo! Encore! Grazie!
In this elegant and psychologically intricate novel, Lisa Gornick connects the lives of three generations in a time-frame of 100 years. Not only does this rich tale give us strong writing it also so intelligently illuminates a multitude of psyches. One cannot help but savor and be grateful for the attention it gives to history. A sense of the small people under the famous Tiffany contains a kind of political relevance in relation to the Trump era, as the billionaire Tiffany, and his acts are slowly unveiled, and revealed as capricious. In its way it is a meditation on how we are all dragged along inside history, whether we know it not. The highest recommendation for this vivid and engaging story and set of characters. Brava to Lisa Kornick, a novelist deserving a wide audience.

Leora Skolkin-Smith
Lisa Gornick’s novel THE PEACOCK FEAST is a story so mesmerizing from a historical fiction perspective and deeply magnetic on a familial level. Generations of different families suffer greatly, relationships endure while others are unable to sustain, feelings are withheld.

Based on the interactions with two legends in history in the early 1900s – primarily Louis C. Tiffany, of stained-glass fame, and to a lesser extent, Charles C. Burlingham, known as CCB, a civic leader in New York. Tiffany’s greed and eccentric style are depicted as far beyond normal.

These two families intersect with the O’Connors, servants at Laurelton Hall, Tiffany’s Oyster Bay mansion, a gardener and a maid, and the lifelong drama that keeps them entwined.

Mental illness, physical illness, tragedy. A complex, suspenseful novel that will surely shake you to your core. And, an ending that you will not see coming.