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SELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION


''Beautifully written . . . I raced through it'' HILARY MANTEL

''As exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting'' TRACY CHEVALIER

''Convincing, engaging, transporting'' GUARDIAN

''A wonderfully powerful and haunting novel with a hugely gripping plot'' DEBORAH MOGGACH

1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. They spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly has had a tendency to forget who she is, to fall into confusion, and Peggy knows instinctively that no one must find out.

When the family move to Bath, Thomas Gainsborough finds fame as a portrait artist, while h

The Painters Daughters

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SELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION ''Beautifully written . . . I... Read more

    Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
    Publication Date: 1/29/2024
    ISBN13: 9781399610780, 978-1399610780
    ISBN10: 1399610783

    Fiction , Contemporary Fiction

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    SELECTED FOR THE BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB WINNER OF THE MSLEXIA NOVEL COMPETITION


    ''Beautifully written . . . I raced through it'' HILARY MANTEL

    ''As exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting'' TRACY CHEVALIER

    ''Convincing, engaging, transporting'' GUARDIAN

    ''A wonderfully powerful and haunting novel with a hugely gripping plot'' DEBORAH MOGGACH

    1759, Ipswich. Sisters Peggy and Molly Gainsborough are the best of friends and do everything together. They spy on their father as he paints, they rankle their mother as she manages the books, they tear barefoot through the muddy fields that surround their home. But there is another reason they are inseparable: from a young age, Molly has had a tendency to forget who she is, to fall into confusion, and Peggy knows instinctively that no one must find out.

    When the family move to Bath, Thomas Gainsborough finds fame as a portrait artist, while h

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