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The Sitter
The Sitter | Angela O'Keeffe
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Paris, 2020. A writer is confined to her hotel room during the early days of the pandemic, struggling to finish a novel about Hortense Cezanne, wife and sometime muse of the famous painter. Dead for more than a century, Hortense has been reawakened by this creative endeavour, and now shadows the writer through the locked-down city. But Hortense, always subject to the gaze of others, is increasingly intrigued by the woman before her. Who is she and what event hides in her past? Heartbreaking and perfectly formed, The Sitter explores the tension between artist and subject, and between the stories told about us and the stories we choose to tell.
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CarolynM
The Sitter | Angela O'Keeffe
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#BookReport for May. The Wardrobe Department and The Sitter were my two favourites for the month.

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CarolynM
The Sitter | Angela O'Keeffe
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The spirit of Cezanne‘s wife & frequent subject, Hortence, tells her story while watching over a writer who is trying to write Hortense‘s biography but winds up writing a heartbreaking part of her own autobiography. That may sound like an unnecessary bit of literary pretentiousness, but it is beautifully & sensitively done. I‘m not surprised it was on all those prize lists last year. #ozfiction
Second book for #14books14weeks

squirrelbrain Sounds lovely! 2d
Cathythoughts It does sound lovely ❤️ stacking. 2d
LeahBergen This does sound good! 2d
andrew61 Sounds really good. 2d
Centique This sounds amazing. I can see I am amongst good company in thinking that too! 24h
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LapReader
The Sitter | Angela O'Keeffe
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Saturday after ballet it was op shopping time!