SELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB | WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION
'Beautifully written . . . I raced through it' HILARY MANTEL
'As exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting' TRACY CHEVALIER
'Convincing, engaging, transporting' GUARDIAN
'A wonderfully powerful and haunting novel with a hugely gripping plot' DEBORAH MOGGACH
1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. They spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly has had a tendency to forget who she is, to fall into confusion, and Peggy knows instinctively that no one must find out.
When the family move to Bath, Thomas Gainsborough finds fame as a portrait artist, while his daughters are thrown into the whirl of polite society. Here, the merits of marriage and codes of behaviour are crystal clear, and secrets much harder to keep. As Peggy goes to greater lengths to protect her sister, she finds herself falling in love, and their precarious situation is soon thrown catastrophically off-course. The discovery of a betrayal forces her to question all she has done for Molly - and whether any one person can truly change the fate of another . . .
Inspired by true events and told with irresistible vibrancy and wit, Emily Howes' award-winning debut is a captivating and deeply moving novel about art, sisterhood and the price we pay for love.
'Vividly imagined and exquisitely brought to the page' RACHEL JOYCE
'A beautiful debut' JO BROWNING WROE
'An incredible first novel that'll leave you scouring the real-life paintings for clues' STYLIST
'A rich evocation of secrets, art, sisterhood and class' i PAPER
"A rich evocation of secrets, art, sisterhood and class" - i paper
"The novel shines when it comes to the spooky duality of portraits, of sisterhood, of private and public faces . . . The Painter's Daughters is convincing, engaging, transporting" - Guardian
"This richly detailed historical novel from an exciting debut writer beautifully tells the story of the daughters of society painter Thomas Gainsborough" - Red
"A historical novel that weaves fact and fiction into a haunting novel of love, madness and family secrets . . . an incredible first novel that'll leave you scouring the real-life paintings for clues" - Stylist
"Fascinating" - Washington Post
"Sibling bonds, arts and artifice, mental illness and marriage twine together in a story that was inspired by Gainsborough's portrait of his daughters, Peggy and Molly. Plunged into Bath polite society, their closeness is thrown into confusion as Peggy falls in love and Molly's illness threatens incarceration in an asylum" - Daily Mail
"An illuminating read and an important look at views on mental health in the 18th century" - Woman and Home
"Inspired by the daughters of artist Thomas Gainsborough, this historical fiction debut is perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet" - Prima
"You may never view a Gainsborough in quite the same way again after reading Howes's debut novel, which creates a web of secrets and scandals out of the painter's home life . . . riveting" - Telegraph
"A sad, insightful, illuminating read" - Woman
"Howes writes so knowledgeably on everything from Georgian pigments to the tensions of sisterly love . . . the novel shines when it comes to the spooky duality of portraits, of sisterhood, of private and public faces . . . convincing, engaging, transporting." - Guardian
"Drawn with writerly flair" - New York Times, Best New Historical Fiction
"A satisfying tale of the complicated, and poignant, ties that bind" - New Statesman
"A sad and insightful reimagining of the lives of Gainsborough's daughters" - Woman’s Weekly
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'Beautifully written . . . I raced through it' HILARY MANTEL
'As exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting' TRACY CHEVALIER
'Convincing, engaging, transporting' GUARDIAN
'A wonderfully powerful and haunting novel with a hugely gripping plot' DEBORAH MOGGACH
1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. They spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly has had a tendency to forget who she is, to fall into confusion, and Peggy knows instinctively that no one must find out.
When the family move to Bath, Thomas Gainsborough finds fame as a portrait artist, while his daughters are thrown into the whirl of polite society. Here, the merits of marriage and codes of behaviour are crystal clear, and secrets much harder to keep. As Peggy goes to greater lengths to protect her sister, she finds herself falling in love, and their precarious situation is soon thrown catastrophically off-course. The discovery of a betrayal forces her to question all she has done for Molly - and whether any one person can truly change the fate of another . . .
Inspired by true events and told with irresistible vibrancy and wit, Emily Howes' award-winning debut is a captivating and deeply moving novel about art, sisterhood and the price we pay for love.
'Vividly imagined and exquisitely brought to the page' RACHEL JOYCE
'A beautiful debut' JO BROWNING WROE
'An incredible first novel that'll leave you scouring the real-life paintings for clues' STYLIST
'A rich evocation of secrets, art, sisterhood and class' i PAPER
"A rich evocation of secrets, art, sisterhood and class" - i paper
"The novel shines when it comes to the spooky duality of portraits, of sisterhood, of private and public faces . . . The Painter's Daughters is convincing, engaging, transporting" - Guardian
"This richly detailed historical novel from an exciting debut writer beautifully tells the story of the daughters of society painter Thomas Gainsborough" - Red
"A historical novel that weaves fact and fiction into a haunting novel of love, madness and family secrets . . . an incredible first novel that'll leave you scouring the real-life paintings for clues" - Stylist
"Fascinating" - Washington Post
"Sibling bonds, arts and artifice, mental illness and marriage twine together in a story that was inspired by Gainsborough's portrait of his daughters, Peggy and Molly. Plunged into Bath polite society, their closeness is thrown into confusion as Peggy falls in love and Molly's illness threatens incarceration in an asylum" - Daily Mail
"An illuminating read and an important look at views on mental health in the 18th century" - Woman and Home
"Inspired by the daughters of artist Thomas Gainsborough, this historical fiction debut is perfect for fans of Maggie O'Farrell's Hamnet" - Prima
"You may never view a Gainsborough in quite the same way again after reading Howes's debut novel, which creates a web of secrets and scandals out of the painter's home life . . . riveting" - Telegraph
"A sad, insightful, illuminating read" - Woman
"Howes writes so knowledgeably on everything from Georgian pigments to the tensions of sisterly love . . . the novel shines when it comes to the spooky duality of portraits, of sisterhood, of private and public faces . . . convincing, engaging, transporting." - Guardian
"Drawn with writerly flair" - New York Times, Best New Historical Fiction
"A satisfying tale of the complicated, and poignant, ties that bind" - New Statesman
"A sad and insightful reimagining of the lives of Gainsborough's daughters" - Woman’s Weekly
Формат: Скан PDf
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