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Orphan Black meets Fringe in a story that reminds us that living our best life sometimes means embracing the imperfect one we already have.

Fraught and deeply moving...the work of a genuinely exciting new talent. Booker Prize winner, George Saunders.

Aimee Pokwatka's Self-Portrait with Nothing is tantalizing and elusive lacework, delicately balanced between the branches of fantasy, mystery and realism like a spider's web. The New York Times

If a picture paints a thousand worlds . . .

Abandoned as an infant on the local veterinarian's front porch, Pepper Rafferty was raised by two loving mothers, and now, at thirty-six is married to the stable, supportive Ike. She's never told anyone that at fifteen she discovered the identity of her biological mother.

That's because her birth mother is Ula Frost, a reclusive painter famous for the outrageous claims that her portraits summon their subjects' doppelgä

SelfPortrait with Nothing

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      Publisher St Martin's Press
      Published 16 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9781250820860
      978-1250820860
      ISBN-10 1250820863

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Orphan Black meets Fringe in a story that reminds us that living our best life sometimes means embracing the imperfect one we already have.

      Fraught and deeply moving...the work of a genuinely exciting new talent. Booker Prize winner, George Saunders.

      Aimee Pokwatka's Self-Portrait with Nothing is tantalizing and elusive lacework, delicately balanced between the branches of fantasy, mystery and realism like a spider's web. The New York Times

      If a picture paints a thousand worlds . . .

      Abandoned as an infant on the local veterinarian's front porch, Pepper Rafferty was raised by two loving mothers, and now, at thirty-six is married to the stable, supportive Ike. She's never told anyone that at fifteen she discovered the identity of her biological mother.

      That's because her birth mother is Ula Frost, a reclusive painter famous for the outrageous claims that her portraits summon their subjects' doppelgä

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