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Sculptor's Daughter

2013-11-07 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2013-11-07
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 347/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Sculptor's Daughter by : Tove Jansson

Download or read book Sculptor's Daughter written by Tove Jansson. This book was released on 2013-11-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tove Jansson's first book for adults drew on her childhood memories to capture afresh the enchantments and fears of growing up in Helsinki in the nineteen tens and twenties. Described as both a memoir and 'a book of superb stories' by Ali Smith, her startlingly evocative prose offers a glimpse of the mysteries of winter ice, the bonhomie of balalaika parties, and the vastness of Christmas viewed from beneath the tree.

The Artist's Daughter

2013-04-15 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2013-04-15
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 716/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Artist's Daughter by : Alexandra Kuykendall

Download or read book The Artist's Daughter written by Alexandra Kuykendall. This book was released on 2013-04-15. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Alexandra Kuykendall became a mother it was the beginning of a soul-searching journey that took her into her past and made her question everything she'd experienced--and a lot of what she hadn't. The only daughter of a single, world-traveling mother and an absent artist father, Alexandra shares her unique quest to answer universal questions: Am I lovable? Am I loved? Am I loving? In short, moving episodes, Alexandra transports readers into a life that included a childhood in Europe, a spiritual conversion marked more by questions than answers, a courtship in the midst of a call to be with troubled teens, marriage and motherhood--and always, always, the question of identity. Through her personal journey, women will discover their own path to understanding the shape of their lives and a deeper sense of God's intimate presence within it.

Artists Daughter

2004-04-27 Literary Criticism
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Release : 2004-04-27
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 58X/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Artists Daughter by : Kimiko Hahn

Download or read book Artists Daughter written by Kimiko Hahn. This book was released on 2004-04-27. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kimiko Hahn stands as a welcome voice of experimentation and passion."—Bloomsbury Review Kimiko Hahn's poetry explores the interplay—and tensions—among her various identities: mother, lover, wife, poet, and daughter of both the Midwest and Asia. However astonishing her subjects—from sideshow freaks to sadomasochistic fantasy—they ultimately emerge in this startling collection as moving images of the deepest levels of our shared humanity.

The Velveteen Daughter

2017-07-11 Fiction
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Release : 2017-07-11
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 934/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Velveteen Daughter by : Laurel Davis Huber

Download or read book The Velveteen Daughter written by Laurel Davis Huber. This book was released on 2017-07-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Velveteen Daughter reveals for the first time the true story of two remarkable women: Margery Williams Bianco, the author of one of the most beloved children's books of all time,The Velveteen Rabbit,and her daughter Pamela, a world-renowned child prodigy artist whose fame at one time greatly eclipses her mother's. But celebrity at such an early age exacts a great toll. Pamela's dreams elude her as she struggles with severe depressions, an overbearing father, an obsessive love affair, and a spectacularly misguided marriage. Throughout, her life raft is her mother. The glamorous art world of Europe and New York in the early 20th century and a supporting cast of luminaries—Eugene O'Neill and his wife Agnes (Margery's niece), Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Richard Hughes, author of A High Wind in Jamaica—provide a vivid backdrop to the Biancos' story. From the opening pages, the novel will captivate readers with its multifaceted and illuminating observations on art, family, and the consequences of genius touched by madness.

Katey

2007 Biography & Autobiography
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Release : 2007
Genre : Biography & Autobiography
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Book Rating : 511/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis Katey by : Lucinda Hawksley

Download or read book Katey written by Lucinda Hawksley. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Katey Dickens was a nineteenth-century artist and socialite, and the beautiful daughter of Charles Dickens. In this illuminating biography, Lucinda Hawksley, herself Dickens's great-great-great-granddaughter, recreates the life of an extraordinarily determined girl who defied Victorian convention to live and love as an independent woman. Blessed with a privileged upbringing in an family that moved between London, France, Switzerland and Italy, Katey pursued her love of painting, acted in her father's plays, modelled for John Everett Millais and, as the daughter of the most famous writer of the time, enjoyed a high profile in Victorian society. Yet she refused to be eclipsed by her father and fought to establish herself as an artist in her own right. Family life in the Dickens household was turbulent and the unhappy atmosphere that followed the eventual breakdown of her parents' marriage drove Katey to marry young. Her first husband was the chronically ailing Charlie Collins, brother of the famous author Wilkie Collins, and theirs was a sexless but otherwise companionable union, while Katey threw herself into a passionate and very un-Victorian affair with celebrated artist Val Prinsep. After Charlie's untimely demise, the widowed Katey married the handsome Italian artist Carlo Perugini, with whom she had fallen deeply in love. Despite the happiness she finally found in her second marriage, Katey often suffered from deep depression, particularly following the death of her beloved father and of her baby. But she remained active, pursuing her career as a painter, championing Charles Dickens's works, and befriending such eminent figures as J. M. Barrie and George Bernard Shaw. Katey Perugini lived to be almost ninety and her artistic prestige, which flourished during her lifetime, still persists to this day. Author of the acclaimed LIZZIE SIDDAL: THE TRAGEDY OF A PRE-RAPHAELITE SUPERMODEL, Linda Hawksley has delved deep into her own family history to research this fascinating new biography, which intimately remembers the life of a supremely independent Victorian woman.

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