Sharon Biggs Waller lived in England for six years, so her grasp of the British dialect feels authentic. The language is quite good: it's old-fashioned enough to feel period-appropriate, but casual enough to be accessible to young people. Thus, in terms of this one aspect of the plot, almost no depiction of how classically-trained artists think or work will satisfy me. One-sentence summary: While I love both ideas in this novel-a protagonist who wants to be an artist despite the fact that it's socially discouraged, and historical fiction about women's rights-the title of this book should have been A Mad, Wicked Series of Convenient Coincidences: Everybody Wins.Ĭaveat: I'm very close to a person who has trained as an Old Master painter in a four-year atelier. ***Note: this review assumes that you've read the book.***
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