Fierce Dreamer: A Novel, by Linda Lafferty (Linda Lafferty). She fights back.Ī bracing historical novel about a woman boldly at odds with her time, Fierce Dreamer explores the fearless determination that would fuel Artemisia Gentileschi’s most courageous works of art and make her independent voice a vital one for our own time. Creatures of Charm and Hunger, by Molly Tanzer (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). Refusing to be silenced and resolved to best men at their own games, Artemisia does what no woman had dared to do before. Until a shattering act of violence unleashes Artemisia’s righteous fury. But as a young woman, she also finds herself oppressed by a powerful patriarchy, and she is forced to endure emotional and physical abuse at the hands of men. From the bestselling author of The Bloodletter’s Daughter comes a historical novel about a defiant seventeenth-century artist who dared to feed her passions and explore the limitless possibilities of art. With an innate grasp of color, light, and composition, and inspired by the mercurial Caravaggio, the fiery Artemisia embraces her calling with a precocious brilliance. From the bestselling author of The Bloodletter’s Daughter comes a historical novel about a defiant seventeenth-century artist who dared to feed her passions and explore the limitless possibilities of art.īorn in the bustling artist quarter of Rome, Artemisia, daughter of renowned painter Orazio Gentileschi, is unavoidably drawn into a profession unheard of for women. Fierce Dreamer is a fictional account of the life of a daring female artist in Post-Renaissance Rome.
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