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Author:

Buchanan, Cathy Marie.

Title:

The painted girls : a novel / Cathy Marie Buchanan.

Edition:

1st Riverhead trade pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Riverhead Books,

Copyright Date:

2014

Description:

357 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Sisters--France--Fiction.
Teenage girls--Fiction.
Ballet dancers--Fiction.
Artists' models--Fiction.
Paris (France)--History--1870-1940--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Teenagers--Fiction.
Girls--Fiction.
Ballet dancers--Fiction.
Artists' models--Fiction.
Paris (France)--History--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical fiction.

Summary:

In Paris, France, the Van Goethem sisters struggle for survival after the sudden death of their father, a situation that prompts young Marie's ballet training and her introduction to a genius painter.

Indexed by:

School Library Journal starred, April 2013
Publisher's Weekly, November 2012
Kirkus Starred, November 2012
Booklist, December 2012
School Library Journal starred
Publisher's Weekly
Kirkus Starred

ISBN:

1594632294
9781594632297 (pbk.)

Locations:

MWPB943 -- Dayton Public Library (Dayton)

XCPB737 -- Lied Public Library-Essex (Essex)

TAPB572 -- Fairfax Public Library (Fairfax)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

CWPB586 -- Mellinger Memorial Library (Morning Sun)