Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, Anne Charnock
Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, Anne Charnock
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Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind

Author: Anne Charnock

Narrator: Heather Wilds

Unabridged: 6 hr 45 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 12/01/2015

Synopsis

History is storytelling. But some stories remain untold.In fifteenth-century Italy, Paolo Uccello recognizes the artistic talent of his young daughter, Antonia, and teaches her how to create a masterpiece. The girl composes a painting of her mother and inadvertently sparks an enduring mystery.In the present day, a copyist painter receives a commission from a wealthy Chinese businessman to duplicate a Paolo Uccello painting. Together, the painter and his teenage daughter visit China, and in doing so they begin their escape from a tragic family past.In the twenty-second century, a painting is discovered that’s rumored to be the work of Paolo Uccello’s daughter. This reawakens an art historian’s dream of elevating Antonia Uccello, an artist ignored by history because of her gender.Stories untold. Secrets uncovered. But maybe some mysteries should remain shrouded.

About Anne Charnock

Anne Charnock's debut novel, A Calculated Life, was nominated for the 2013 Philip K Dick Award and the 2013 Kitschies Golden Tentacle Award (Debut Novel). Her writing career began in journalism. Her articles appeared in the Guardian, New Scientist, International Herald Tribune, and Geographical. She was educated at the University of East Anglia, where she studied environmental sciences, and at the Manchester School of Art. She travelled widely as a foreign correspondent and spent a year trekking through Egypt, Sudan, and Kenya. In her fine art practice, she tried to answer the questions What is it to be human? What is it to be a machine? Ultimately she decided to write fiction as another route to finding answers. Anne is an active blogger and reviews fiction for the online magazine Strange Horizons. She contributes exhibition reviews and book recommendations to the Huffington Post. She splits her time between London and Chester and, whenever possible, she and her husband, Garry, take off in their little campervan, traveling as far as the Anti-Atlas Mountains in southern Morocco.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Magdalena aka A Bookaholic Swede on September 08, 2016

In Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind, we get three parallel stories, all of them have something to do with Antonia Uccello, or her father Paolo Uccello, the famous painter. In the past we get to follow Antonia Uccello as she is preparing to a life in a convent. Her father decided that's the best so......more

Goodreads review by Matthew on November 17, 2015

The framework for this story was really well done. I like how it was split into 3 very different time periods with 3 distinct voices and 3 very different lives, yet they are all connected by the same art. Each story was engaging, each character was unique and interesting. Unfortunately, the book end......more

Goodreads review by Marvel on November 15, 2015

What a let down. This is a book with an intriguing plot and you're reading and just really getting into it - and then it stops. No rhyme or reason - no warning - no indication that the tale was told. Just STOPPED. I felt totally confused and very disappointed.......more

Goodreads review by fromcouchtomoon on December 14, 2016

Very cool idea, juxtaposing the lives of three women: an Italian Renaissance artist, a present-day teenager, and a 22nd century art restitution scholar. The theme of social and familial obligations placed on women is drawn across the centuries, with all three women dealing with those obligations on......more

Goodreads review by Caroline on December 04, 2015

Anne Charnock's first novel, A Calculated Life, is one of my favourite novels I've read this year. So I was very excited to get a review copy of her latest novel, courtesy of 47 North via NetGalley, which was published on 1 December. Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind is a braided story about three......more

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