'A bold, sumptuous portrait of a great artist and the women who inspired, frustrated, loved, and loathed him' Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author--- Paris, 1923. The city is a Bohemian paradise for beautiful and wealthy foreigners seduced by the promise of a different life. Pablo Picasso is already famous, and anything seems possible in the name of art.
New York, 1953. For aspiring journalist Alana Olson, there's always been something about Picasso. Her fascination leads to a series of intimate interviews with Sara Murphy and Irene Legut - two women from Picasso's once-vibrant French social circle.
But as Alana is pulled deeper into the glamorous and tragic stories of the past, she begins to uncover what really lies beneath the canvas - and a disturbing convergence with her own life that bring her closer to Picasso, and those who loved and loathed him, than she ever could have imagined.
Read MoreA bold, sumptuous portrait of a great artist and the women who inspired, loved and loathed him . . . an epic, sensuous delight!Lyrical writing intertwined with a vibrant, richly detailed history makes Jeanne Mackin's Picasso's Lovers a delight for historical fiction readers. Art comes alive in this intimate glimpse into the women behind the masterpiecesUtterly absorbing and vivid . . . invited the reader to spend the summer on the beaches of Antibes in 1923