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Sandcastles Sandcastles Luanne Rice Painter Honor Sullivan has made a life for herself and her three daughters--Regis, Agnes, and Cecilia--at Star of the Sea Academy on the magical Connecticut shore. Here she teaches art at the convent… OL106216W
The hand that first held mine The hand that first held mine Maggie O'Farrell A spell-binding novel of two women connected across fifty years by art, love, betrayals, secrets, and motherhood. OL15409098W
The last nude The last nude Ellis Avery Paris, 1927. In the heady years before the crash, financiers drape their mistresses in Chanel, while expatriates flock to the avant-garde bookshop Shakespeare and Company. One day in July, a young Am… OL16597105W
Forbidden or for bedding? Forbidden or for bedding? Julia James "Alexa Harcourt only ever spends one night, perhaps two, with Guy de Rochemont--never more. On her arrival at his Italian villa or his Monaco mansion, designer dresses and diamonds await her. But Ale… OL16772683W
Raffy's shapes Raffy's shapes Tamar Hodes Bizarrely beautiful, pure escapism ... This is a delightful and intriguing debut novel. Slipping seamlessly from reality into underwater worlds, the story takes the reader on an extraordinary journey… OL16955012W
The Incantation of Frida K The Incantation of Frida K Kate Braverman ""I was born in rain and I will die in rain," begins Kate Braverman's The Incantation of Frida K., an imagined journey through the life of Frida Kahlo. We are inside the mind of Frida K., at 46, on h… OL1853343W
Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Britta Benke Sensuality and color fuse with nature The art of American painter Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) is splendid with color and laden with hidden sensuality. O'Keeffe's fame was largely earned by her large… OL18667906W
Diary Diary Chuck Palahniuk Misty Wilmot has had it. Once a promising young artist, she's now stuck on an island ruined by tourism, drinking too much and working as a waitress in a hotel. Her husband, a contractor, is in a coma… OL18937W
No Competition No Competition Debbie Macomber After years of living in her beautiful sister's shadow and losing countless boyfriends to her, Carrie Lockett cannot believe that hunky Shane Reynolds could really fall for her OL1911464W
Being here is everything Being here is everything Marie Darrieussecq "First published in France in 2016, Being Here Is So Much traces the short, obscure, and prolific life of the German expressionist painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907). In a brief career, cut s… OL19732924W
La esencia del jazmín La esencia del jazmín Jude Deveraux Charleston, 1799: A daughter of Southern gentility and a gifted painter, Catherine Edilean Harcourt has no lack of suitors at home in Virginia, waiting to fulfill her dream of marriage and family. Bu… OL19984672W
The very picture of you The very picture of you Isabel Wolff "Ella has always been an artist, jotting down pictures from a young age, and now in her thirties she has made it her profession. Commissioned to capture memories, fading beauty and family moments, he… OL20810743W
Esther Esther Henry Adams In Henry Adams's memorable tale of old New York, the spirited young painter Esther Dudley is introduced to Stephen Hazard, an Episcopal clergyman at St. John's. But her views, learned from her father… OL24211W
Collages Collages Anaïs Nin Collages explores a world of fantasy and dreams through an eccentric young painter. Nin's first book was published in the 1930s and she went on to write stories and a series of autobiographical novel… OL24646268W
Shelter me Shelter me Stephanie Tyler "There are ghosts in my past; ghosts I can't recognize. My painting heals me, but Lucas Caine has made me come alive. My past could take both those things away forever. What started out as an undenia… OL28767000W
Frida, a biography of Frida Kahlo Frida, a biography of Frida Kahlo Herrera Hayden,Hayden Herrera Hailed by readers and critics across the country, this engrossing biography of Mexican painter Frida Kahlo reveals a woman of extreme magnetism and originality, an artist whose sensual vibrancy came … OL4114749W
Cat's Eye Cat's Eye Margaret Atwood **Cat's Eye** is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisce… OL675713W
Scenes from childhood Scenes from childhood Mary Bruce Sharon Paintings with accompanying descriptions by an artist who began painting at the age of 70 portray her life in the late 19th century. OL6797374W
Sheer blue bliss Sheer blue bliss Lesley Glaister Thirty years after she first painted it, Connie & her portrait of lost lover Patrick Mount, have been swept into London by the National Portrait Gallery. While in another part of the city a disturbed… OL835227W
Raffy's Shapes Raffy's Shapes Tamar Hodes Bizarrely beautiful, pure escapism... This is a delightful and intriguing debut novel. Slipping seamlessly from reality into underwater worlds, the story takes the reader on an extraordinary journey … OL8939106W
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