"At his 80th birthday party, renowned puppeteer Walter Gray surprises his three daughters with an announcement that there is a fourth. A torn paternity test, and a will that places a condition on each daughter's inheritance, suggest that the missing daughter isn't a figment of his dementia. His daughters-by different mothers-react differently to the news. Jane, the oldest, remembers the scarcity of her childhood and doesn't want another sister to share her birthright. The middle sister, Rosie, born out of wedlock, sees the missing sister as her key to acceptance as a full member of the puppeteer's family. Cora, the youngest, born after Walter achieved fame and fortune, is most concerned with extricating herself from running Walter's company so that she can pursue her own innovative puppetry. In searching for the fourth daughter and struggling to claim the legacy Walter has left them, the sisters must confront and renegotiate their relationships with their father and each other. Infused with fairy tales that sometimes spill magic into the sisters' real lives, The Puppeteers Daughters is about fathers and daughters, but also about the cost and rewards of claiming a creative life"--