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Claude & Camille
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Stephanie Cowell
Susan Dormady Eisenberg
, April 06, 2010
Forget dry biographies of Claude Monet and his lover-muse, Camille Doncieux. If you want to climb inside Monet's mind and heart, look no further than Stephanie Cowell's luminous novel, CLAUDE & CAMILLE, a brilliant follow-up to her last lovely novel, MARRYING MOZART. If God is in the details, Ms. Cowell creates a divinely nuanced portrait of the great Monet, first introducing the artist as an old man, then flashing back to the signal events and people who nourished his greatness. Monet's love for the young, enigmatic Camille becomes the touchstone of his life and work as he and his Impressionist colleagues--notably Renoir, Bazille, Degas, and Manet--struggle to impress the Parisian art establishment in the mid-1800s. Ms. Cowell's book reads like a lush literary LA BOHEME as Claude, Camille, and their cohorts battle poverty, parental opposition, professional rejection, and political turmoil. The author paints her book's canvas with passion, making the novel impossible to put down. I will never view any painting by Monet the same way, now that I understand the emotional cost of his art. And perhaps more importantly I will never cease to admire Camille's patience and persistence. She was "the woman behind the man" who encouraged Monet to shine for the ages. I recommend CLAUDE & CAMILLE to anyone who loves a fast-paced, beautifully crafted historical novel with tragic love at the core.
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Burned: A Memoir
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Louise Nayer
Susan Dormady Eisenberg
, March 24, 2010
Louise Nayer has written a memoir that is both inspiring and riveting. When her family was torn apart by a cataclysmic accident, the author and her sister were sent to live with relatives while their parents endured excruciating treatment for their injuries. Ms. Nayer unflinchingly describes her youthful confusion and displacement and her parents’ bravery. It’s a story of daily heroics and the triumph of will over expectation. I devoured this book in two sittings and recommend it heartily. The prose is incandescent, and I admire Ms. Nayer’s ability to describe a heart-breaking period of her life with clarity and insight.
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