Blood Water Paint
A stunning debut novel based on the true story of the iconic painter, Artemisia Gentileschi.Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.She chose paint.By the time she...
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A stunning debut novel based on the true story of the iconic painter, Artemisia Gentileschi.Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.She chose paint.By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome's most
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9780735232112 (0735232113)
Publish date: 2018-03-06
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
very moving, the kind of fiction based on real people that makes me want to do more research on them, and a great excuse for me to try to get the book club members to try ekphrastic poetry.
My newly-formed little book club said they wanted a book possibly with poetry or essays, so this was one of my selections. I knew Joy McCullough’s book came with glowing reviews and it had been on my TBR for a while, but I wasn’t quite prepared for what I was about to read. ‘Blood Water Paint’, base...