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Girl Reading: A Novel
Girl Reading A Novel
Author: Katie Ward
This stunningly original, kaleidoscopic novel is an inspired celebration of women reading and the artists who have caught them in the act??a vivid portrait of a timeless subject? (Minneapolis Star Tribune). — A young orphan poses for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena. A servant girl in seventeenth-century Amsterdam snatches a moment away fr...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9781451657326
ISBN-10: 1451657323
Publication Date: 2/12/2013
Pages: 368
Edition: Reprint
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Publisher: Scribner
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I enjoyed Katie Wards earliest chapters the most in this book, yet once we left the distant past to times that encompassed technology that I was familiar with, my attention drifted a bit. The final chapter, a futuristic piece, kind of tied the book together.

The earlier chapters gave me pleasure in living the times, people, morals, and atmosphere of those who created the art featured. I loved traveling from Italy, England, Netherlands. The imagery from each chapter stayed with me clearer than individual characters. I dont know why, but this book lacked punctuation designating who and when someone was talking, so the people in each chapter blurred together for me. Once I stopped rereading multiple paragraphs to keep track of who was speaking when, the book picked up.


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