The Sculptress, V.S Alexander
The Sculptress, V.S Alexander
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The Sculptress

Author: V.S Alexander

Narrator: Sarah Mollo-Christensen

Unabridged: 14 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. On the bustling sidewalk she spies a returned soldier. His brutally scarred face inspires first pity, and then something more—a determination to use her skill to make masks for disfigured soldiers.

Leaving Boston for France also means leaving behind Linton Bower, a fiery, gifted artist determined to win her. Emma's union with Tom has been steady yet passionless, marred by guilt over a choice she made long ago. In Paris, she crafts intricate, lifelike masks to restore these wounded men to the world. But in the course of her new career she will encounter one man who compels her to confront the secret she's never revealed, not even to Tom. Only by casting off the façade she has worn for so long can she pursue a path through heartbreak and turmoil toward her own unexpected future . . .

About V.S Alexander

V. S. Alexander is an acclaimed historical fiction author whose novels include The Taster, The Irishman's Daughter, The Magdalen Girls, and The War Girls. An ardent student of history with a strong interest in music and the visual arts, some of his writing influences include Shirley Jackson, Oscar Wilde, Daphne du Maurier, or any work by the exquisite Bronte sisters. He lives in South Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Terrie

"The Sculptress" by V.S. Alexander is a WWI Historical Fiction novel. Emma Lewis Swan studies sculpting under the tutelage of a famous sculptor and later as a student at the School of Fine Arts in Boston. But, her art is rebuked in the world of sculptor's. How can a female mind possibly grasp the con......more

Goodreads review by Annette

3.5 stars Massachusetts, 1905. Emma Lewis at fifteen meets Daniel Chester French, the world-renowned sculptor. He takes her under his patronage. She learns “to love the process of bringing an idea, a drawing, to full form.” – And this is what I was looking forward to, her evolving into a skilled arti......more

Goodreads review by Karren

Emma Lewis is given the opportunity to study sculpture with Daniel Chester French, a form of art that many men think isn’t suitable for women and the feminine mind can’t create works of merit and how sexists is that! Later on Emma meets Dr. Thomas Swan, he takes her mind off her broken heart, they m......more