Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper

Harriet Scott Chessman

first published 2001 Permanent Press, 2001

"The story is told in the absorbing and lyrical voice of Mary Cassatt's sister Lydia, as she poses for five of her sister's most unusual paintings (reproduced in this edition). Ill with Bright's disease and conscious of her approaching death, Lydia contemplates her world with courage, openness, and passion. As she addresses and comes to accept her own position as her sister's model, she asks stirring questions about...

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Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper edition · 2004 · Arrow Books Ltd. · 195 pages
Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper edition · 2002 · Plume · 164 pages
Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper edition · 2002 · Thorndike Press · 173 pages
Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper edition · 2001 · Permanent Press and Seven Stories Press · 164 pages
Lydia Cassatt reading the morning paper edition · 2001 · Permanent Press

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