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Author:

Howes, Emily, author.

Title:

The painter's daughters / Debbie Howells.

Edition:

First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2024

Description:

343 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Gainsborough, Thomas,--1727-1788--Family--Fiction.
Sisters--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Families--England--18th century--Fiction.
Secrets--18th century--Fiction.
Sisters--England--18th century--Fiction.
Mentally ill--Fiction.
Delusions--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
Painters--England--18th century--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Ipswich (England)--History--18th century--Fiction.
England--Social life and customs--18th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Novels.
Historical fiction.

Notes:

Includes reading group guide.

Summary:

The daughters of one of England's most famous portrait artists of the 1700s, Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are inseparable due to Molly's bouts of mental confusion, and as Peggy goes to great lengths to protect her sister's secret, she falls in love with a charming composer, which sparks the bitterest of betrayals.

ISBN:

1668021382
9781668021385

LCCN:

bl2024004284

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)