Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe

Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe

NATIONAL BESTSELLER â€¢ In a dazzling work of historical fiction in the vein of Nancy Horanâ€™s Loving Frank, Dawn Tripp brings to life Georgia Oâ€™Keeffe, her love affair with photographer Alfred Stieglitz, and her quest to become an independent artist.

This is not a love story. If it were, we would have the same story. But he has his, and I have mine.

In 1916, Georgia Oâ€™Keeffe is a young, unknown art teacher when she travels to New York to meet Stieglitz, the famed photographer and art dealer, who has discovered Oâ€™Keeffeâ€™s work and exhibits it in his gallery. Their connection is instantaneous. Oâ€™Keeffe is quickly drawn into Stieglitzâ€™s sophisticated world, becoming his mistress, protÃ©gÃ©, and muse, as their attraction deepens into an intense and tempestuous relationship and his photographs of her, both clothed and nude, create a sensation.

Yet as her own creative force develops, Georgia begins to push back against what critics and others are saying about her and her art. And soon she must make difficult choices to live a life she believes in.

A breathtaking work of the imagination, Georgia is the story of a passionate young woman, her search for love and artistic freedom, the sacrifices she will face, and the bold vision that will make her a legend.

Praise for Georgia

â€œComplex and original . . . Georgia conveys Oâ€™Keeffeâ€™s joys and disappointments, rendering both the woman and the artist with keenness and consideration.â€â€”The New York Times Book Review

â€œAs magical and provocative as Oâ€™Keeffeâ€™s lush paintings of flowers that upended the art world in the 1920s . . . Tripp inhabits Georgiaâ€™s psyche so deeply that the reader can practically feel the paintbrush in hand as she creates her abstract paintings and New Mexico landscapes. . . . Evocative from the first page to the last, Trippâ€™s Georgia is a romantic yet realistic exploration of the sacrifices one of the foremost artists of the twentieth century made for love.â€â€”USA Today
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â€œSexually charged . . . insightful . . . Dawn Tripp humanizes an artist who is seen in biographies as more icon than woman. Her sensuous novel is as finely rendered as an Oâ€™Keeffe painting.â€â€”The Denver Post

â€œA vivid work forged from the actual events of Oâ€™Keeffeâ€™s life . . . [Tripp] imbues the novel with a protagonist who forces the reader to consider the breadth of Oâ€™Keeffeâ€™s talent, business savvy, courage and wanderlust. . . . [She] is vividly alive as she grapples with success, fame, integrity, love and family.â€â€”Salon

â€œMasterful . . . The book is a lovely portrayal of an iconic artist who is independent and multidimensional. Trippâ€™s Oâ€™Keeffe is a woman hoping to break free of conventional definitions of art, life and gender, as well as a woman of deep passion and love.â€â€”Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

â€œOâ€™Keeffe blazes across the pages in Trippâ€™s tour de force about this indomitable woman. . . . Tripp has hit her stride here, bringing to life one of the most remarkable artists of the twentieth century with veracity, heart, and panache.â€â€”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

â€œI devoured this dazzling novel aboutÂ an American icon. Dawn Tripp brings Georgia Oâ€™Keeffe so fully to life on every page and, with great wisdom, examines the very nature of love, longing, femininity, and art.â€â€”J. Courtney Sullivan, New York Times bestselling author of Maine and The Engagements
Country USA
Manufacturer Random House
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2016-02-09
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9781400069538

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Random House
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2016-02-09
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9781400069538

Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keeffe

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