{"product_id":"the-artist-colony-9781647421694","title":"The Artist Colony","description":"July 1924. Sarah Cunningham, a young Modernist painter, arrives in Carmel-by-the-Sea from Paris to bury her older sister, Ada Belle. En route, she is shocked to learn that Ada Belle's suspicious death is a suicide. But why kill herself? Her plein air paintings were famous and her upcoming exhibition of portraitures would bring her even wider recognition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSarah puts her own artistic career on hold and, trailed by Ada Belle's devoted dog, Albert, becomes a secret sleuth, a task made harder by the misogyny and racism she discovers in this seemingly idyllic locale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePart mystery, part historical fiction, this engrossing novel celebrates the artistic talents of early women painters, the deep bonds of sisterhood, the muse that is beautiful scenery, and the determination of one young woman to discover the truth, to protect an artistic legacy, and to give her sister the farewell she deserves.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFitzpatrick, Joanna:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - JOANNA FITZPATRICK was raised in Hollywood. She started her writing habit by applying her orange fountain pen and a wild imagination to screenplays, which led her early on to produce the film \u003ci\u003eWhite Lilacs and Pink Champagne\u003c\/i\u003e. Accepted at Sarah Lawrence College, she wrote her MFA thesis \u003ci\u003eSha La La: Live for Today\u003c\/i\u003e about her life as a rock 'n' roll star's wife. Her more recent work includes two novels, \u003ci\u003eKatherine Mansfield\u003c\/i\u003e, Bronze Winner of the 2021 Independent Publisher Book Award (IPPY) in Historical Fiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Drummer's Widow\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Artist Colony\u003c\/i\u003e is her third book. Presently, FitzPatrick divides her time between a mountaintop cottage in Northern California and a small hameau in Southern France where she begins all her book projects.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50525538451730,"sku":"9781647421694","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_30da0bca-2214-4026-86c7-847098a4e06c.jpg?v=1731226019","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-artist-colony-9781647421694","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}