{"product_id":"the-last-painting-of-sara-de-vos-9781250118325","title":"The Last Painting of Sara De Vos","description":"\u003cp\u003eAmsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city's Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNew York City, 1957: The only known surviving work of Sara de Vos, \u003ci\u003e At the Edge of a Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, hangs in the bedroom of a wealthy Manhattan lawyer, Marty de Groot, a descendant of the original owner. It is a beautiful but comfortless landscape. The lawyer's marriage is prominent but comfortless, too. When a struggling art history grad student, Ellie Shipley, agrees to forge the painting for a dubious art dealer, she finds herself entangled with its owner in ways no one could predict. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSydney, 2000: Now a celebrated art historian and curator, Ellie Shipley is mounting an exhibition in her field of specialization: female painters of the Dutch Golden Age. When it becomes apparent that both the original \u003ci\u003eAt the Edge of a Wood \u003c\/i\u003eand her forgery are en route to her museum, the life she has carefully constructed threatens to unravel entirely and irrevocably.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-3676010\"\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/04\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.10h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250118325\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250118328\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC014000\"\u003eHistorical | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC087000\"\u003eWorld Literature | Australia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDominic Smith\u003c\/b\u003e grew up in Australia and now lives in Austin, Texas. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eBright and Distant Shores\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Beautiful Miscellaneous\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Mercury Visions of Louis Daguerre\u003c\/i\u003e. His short fiction has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e'\u003ci\u003es Printers Row Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He is the recipient of a new works grant from the Literature Board of the Australia Council for the Arts, a Dobie Paisano Fellowship, and a Michener Fellowship. He teaches writing in the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Picador USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42701765574893,"sku":"9781250118325","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_54cb7d72-a7ee-4ebf-8b06-9ebac8c52029.jpg?v=1747447696","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-last-painting-of-sara-de-vos-9781250118325","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}