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Blood Water Paint - Joy McCullough
Blood Water Paint
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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... show more
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)
Publisher: Dutton Books for Young Readers
Pages no: 304
Edition language: English
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pedestrienne
pedestrienne rated it
4.0 Blood Water Paint
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.
Kat's Books
Kat's Books rated it
4.5 Superbly written novel based on the tragic true story of young Italian painter Artemesia Gentileschi
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...
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