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The lost mother : a story of art and love / Anne Summers.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Publishing, 2009.Description: xxii, 354 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 21 cmContent type:
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  • 9780522856354 (pbk)
  • 0522856357 (pbk)
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  • Story of art and love
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 306.8743092
Summary: Summary: "My mother had just turned ten in mid-1933 when a young woman approached her as they were both leaving Mass at St Joan of Arc's in Brighton . . . The woman was an artist . . . and she would like to paint her portrait . . . After her mother's death in 2005, Anne Summers inherits a portrait of her mother as a child. Mesmerised by this image, she finds herself drawn into the story of how the portrait was painted and eventually found its way into her family. She soon learns the artist painted another portrait of her mother; this time as the Madonna. In a gripping narrative that is part art history, part detective story and part meditation on the relations between mothers and daughters, Anne's search for the Madonna painting and the mysterious Russian émigré collector who bought both paintings takes her down unexpected paths. Her search soon turns into a parallel quest to rescue Constance Stokes, the artist, from obscurity, and to learn why the collector suddenly abandoned the paintings. Along the way Anne finds she must face the truth of the relationship she had with her mother."--Publisher description.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book Jessie Street National Women's Library General Stacks 306.8743092 SUM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available for reference in the library and ILL 67726

Summer Read 2010.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Summary: "My mother had just turned ten in mid-1933 when a young woman approached her as they were both leaving Mass at St Joan of Arc's in Brighton . . . The woman was an artist . . . and she would like to paint her portrait . . . After her mother's death in 2005, Anne Summers inherits a portrait of her mother as a child. Mesmerised by this image, she finds herself drawn into the story of how the portrait was painted and eventually found its way into her family. She soon learns the artist painted another portrait of her mother; this time as the Madonna. In a gripping narrative that is part art history, part detective story and part meditation on the relations between mothers and daughters, Anne's search for the Madonna painting and the mysterious Russian émigré collector who bought both paintings takes her down unexpected paths. Her search soon turns into a parallel quest to rescue Constance Stokes, the artist, from obscurity, and to learn why the collector suddenly abandoned the paintings. Along the way Anne finds she must face the truth of the relationship she had with her mother."--Publisher description.

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