The masterpiece

a novel

350 pages

English language

Published Dec. 30, 2018

ISBN:
978-1-5247-4295-9
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OCLC Number:
1015848681

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"For the nearly nine million people who live in New York City, Grand Central Terminal is a crown jewel, a masterpiece of design. But for Clara Darden and Virginia Clay, it represents something quite different. For Clara, the terminal is the stepping stone to her future, which she is certain will shine as the brightly as the constellations on the main concourse ceiling. It is 1928, and twenty-five-year-old Clara is teaching at the lauded Grand Central School of Art. A talented illustrator, she has dreams of creating cover art for Vogue, but not even the prestige of the school can override the public's disdain for a "woman artist." Brash, fiery, confident, and single-minded--even while juggling the affections of two men, a wealthy would-be poet and a brilliant experimental painter--Clara is determined to achieve every creative success. But she and her bohemian friends have no idea that they'll soon be blindsided …

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Subjects

  • Fiction
  • Grand Central Terminal (New York, N.Y.)
  • Artists
  • Art
  • Sexism

Places

  • New York (N.Y.)