Book Blurb: Release Date: August 23, 2016 Physics professor Alfred Mendl is separated from his family and sent to the men’s camp, where all of his belongings are tossed on a roaring fire. His books, his papers, his life’s work. The Nazis have no idea what they have just destroyed. And without that physical record, Alfred is one of only two people in the world … Continue reading The One Man by Andrew Gross
Book Blurb from Goodreads.com: Release Date: September 6,2016 As Paris teeters on the edge of the German occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her late grandmother’s treasure-filled apartment, unsure if she’ll ever return. An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe … Continue reading The Velvet Hours by Alyson Richman
Book Blurb: In 1631, Sara de Vos is admitted as a master painter to the Guild of St. Luke’s in Holland, the first woman to be so recognized. Three hundred years later, only one work attributed to de Vos is known to remain–a haunting winter scene, At the Edge of a Wood, which hangs over the bed of a wealthy descendant of the original owner. … Continue reading The Last Painting of Sara De Vos by Dominic Smith
This book was published in 2001 and the motion picture will be released in late fall starring Eddie Redmayne. The book is loosely based upon the painters Einar and Greta Wegener in the 1930’s in Denmark. Einar has had gender issues his entire life. It becomes more apparent to him when his wife asks him to stand in and dress in women’s clothing when her … Continue reading The Danish Girl by David Ebershoff
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