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Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper (2001)

Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper (2001)

Historical Fiction

Harriet Scott Chessman

Year: 2001
Authors: Harriet Scott Chessman
Print type: BOOK

Description:

"The story is told in the absorbing and lyrical voice of Mary Cassatt's sister Lydia, as she poses for five of her sister's most unusual paintings (reproduced in this edition). Ill with Bright's disease and conscious of her approaching death, Lydia contemplates her world with courage, openness, and passion. As she addresses and comes to accept her own position as her sister's model, she asks stirring questions about love and art's capacity to remember."--BOOK JACKET.