Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw - Softcover

Harold, Roberta

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9781578691944: Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw
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ISBN 10: 157869194X ISBN 13: 9781578691944
Publisher: Rootstock Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

In 1892 Paris, Annie Shaw longs to escape the confining American Colony where she's lived for twenty years as a quiet Civil War widow. As a budding artist, she is ready to immerse herself in the Belle Epoque's vibrant life of art, literature, and music. But when her domineering mother-in-law announces plans to move in next door and make Annie her permanent caregiver, Annie feels trapped and must choose between being responsible for others-her expected societal role-or living her life on her own terms.

A reimagining of the life of which there was no historical record, Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw is a bold historical novel that confronts the constricting Victorian norms of the late nineteenth century.

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About the Author

Roberta Harold is the author of two historical mysteries, "Heron Island" and "Murdered Sleep," as well as numerous articles, reviews, short stories, and poems. A native of Scotland and 2001 graduate of the Bread Loaf School of English, where she won its 1999 Poetry Prize, she lives with her husband and cats in Montpelier, Vermont.

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Publisher
Rootstock Publishing
Publication date
2025
Language
English
ISBN 10 
157869194X
ISBN 13 
9781578691944
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
432
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