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Haunting … teems with raw emotion, and McCullough deftly captures the experience of learning to behave in a male-driven society and then breaking outside of it. –The New Yorker I will be haunted and empowered by Artemisia Gentileschi s story for the rest of my life. –Amanda Lovelace, bestselling author of the princess saves herself in this one A William C. Morris Debut Award Finalist
2018 National Book Award Longlist Her mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father s paint. She chose paint. By the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome s most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost. He will not consume
my every thought.
I am a painter.
I will paint. Joy McCullough s bold novel in verse is a portrait of an artist as a young woman, filled with the soaring highs of creative inspiration and the devastating setbacks of a system built to break her. McCullough weaves Artemisia s heartbreaking story with the stories of the ancient heroines, Susanna and Judith, who become not only the subjects of two of Artemisia s most famous paintings but sources of strength as she battles to paint a woman s timeless truth in the face of unspeakable and all-too-familiar violence. I will show you
what a woman can do. ★ A captivating and impressive. –Booklist, starred review
★ Belongs on every YA shelf. –SLJ, starred review
★ Haunting. –Publishers Weekly, starred review
★ Luminous. –Shelf Awareness, starred review