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Girl Reading by Katie Ward

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Summary

* A dazzlingly inventive debut, which Hilary Mantel has called wise, poised, and utterly original

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Girl Reading by Katie Ward

Seven portraits. Seven artists. Seven girls and women reading. A young orphan poses nervously for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena, and an artist's servant girl in 17th-century Amsterdam snatches a moment away from her work to lose herself in tales of knights and battles. A young woman reading in a Shoreditch bar catches the eye of a young man who takes her picture, and a Victorian medium holds a book that she barely acknowledges while she waits for the exposure. Each chapter of this richly textured debut takes us into a perfectly imagined tale of how each portrait came to be, and as the connections accumulate, the narrative leads us into the present and beyond - an inspired celebration of women reading and the artists who have caught them in the act.

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Katie Ward was born in Somerset in 1979. She has worked in the public and voluntary sectors, including at a women's refuge and for a Member of Parliament. Katie lives in Suffolk with her husband and two cats.
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ISBN 13 9781844087389
ISBN 10 1844087387
Title Girl Reading
Author Katie Ward
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2011-05-05
Number of pages 352
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
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