Monday Give Away: TIFFANY BLUES
Happy Columbus Day! For today’s Monday Give Away, we have… M.J. Rose’s darkly atmospheric novel of art, love, and secrets, Tiffany Blues
Here’s the official blurb:
The New York Times bestselling author of The Library of Light and Shadow crafts a dazzling Jazz Age jewel–a novel of ambition, betrayal, and passion about a young painter whose traumatic past threatens to derail her career at a prestigious summer artists’ colony run by Louis Comfort Tiffany of Tiffany & Co. fame. “”[M.J. Rose] transports the reader into the past better than a time machine could accomplish”” (The Associated Press).
New York, 1924. Twenty four year old Jenny Bell is one of a dozen burgeoning artists invited to Louis Comfort Tiffany’s prestigious artists’ colony. Gifted and determined, Jenny vows to avoid distractions and romantic entanglements and take full advantage of the many wonders to be found at Laurelton Hall.
But Jenny’s past has followed her to Long Island. Images of her beloved mother, her hard-hearted stepfather, waterfalls, and murder, and the dank hallways of Canada’s notorious Andrew Mercer Reformatory for Women overwhelm Jenny’s thoughts, even as she is inextricably drawn to Oliver, Tiffany’s charismatic grandson.
As the summer shimmers on, and the competition between the artists grows fierce as they vie for a spot at Tiffany’s New York gallery, a series of suspicious and disturbing occurrences suggest someone knows enough about Jenny’s childhood trauma to expose her.
Supported by her closest friend Minx Deering, a seemingly carefree socialite yet dedicated sculptor, and Oliver, Jenny pushes her demons aside. Between stolen kisses and stolen jewels, the champagne flows and the jazz plays on until one moonless night when Jenny’s past and present are thrown together in a desperate moment, that will threaten her promising future, her love, her friendships, and her very life.
For a chance to win my ARC of Tiffany Blues, here’s your question: what’s your favorite novel about art or artists?
The winner will be announced on Wednesday.
I really enjoyed The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth Kostova. Both the painting aspect and the mystery kept me turning pages.
The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier is still probably my favorite art-inspired book, though I did also like Girl in Hyacinth Blue by Susan Vreeland.
I also liked The Lady and the Unicorn, as well as Chevalier’s Girl With a Pearl Earring, the first book I read based on art.
Does That Summer count? It’s one of my all time favorite books anyways 😍
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Like so many other, The Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier is my favorite.
From a Paris Balcony by Ella Carey.
The goldfinch.
Portrait of Jennie. By Robert Nathan. 1940. I read my mother’s copy when I was 14!
It’s a different kind of art, but my most recent favorite is The Night Circus. The artistry done by the characters in all different forms is amazing.
The Girl with a Pearl Earring is the first one what came to mind.
The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan
I enjoyed this one, too!
I really enjoyed Still Lives by Maria Hummel. It combined the art world with mystery/crime and the media’s fascination with women’s murders.
From the Mixed Up File of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler is definitely my favorite! So many memories of listening to the book on tape on the way to school on frosty mornings with my mom…
Her painted witch series is wonderful!
The Lady in Gold
The Lady in Gold: The Extraordinary Tale of Gustav Klimt’s Masterpiece, Bloch-Bauer its such a fascinating story of the artist, the subject, the painting, and the her family’s flight to give her back her name.
I like how author Tracey Chevallier does historical fiction and art… I like all her books
I really enjoyed “Loving Frank” by.Nancy Horan. It’s interesting getting to know Frank Lloyd Wright.
The Swan Thieves
I really enjoyed Clara and Mr. Tiffany.
Me too!
I really liked your novel That Summer. I gave it five stars on Goodreads.
Sorry if this is double-post. It seems my previous comment was eaten. 🙁
I really liked your novel That Summer. I gave it five stars on Goodreads.
Hmm…ok, I will try posting this a third time. Not sure why my comments aren’t going through.
I really liked your novel That Summer!
Congrats, Eve! You’re this week’s winner. Let me know where to send it, and I’ll pop your book in the mail to you.
Loving Frank by Nancy Horan was such an informative story beautifully written.
The Girl With The Pearl Earring always comes to mind. My book group read it years ago when it came out. I still love the book.
That Summer was the first that came to mind. I also liked The Girl with the Pearl Earring.
I really enjoyed The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan.
Drawing Lessons by Patricia Sands
I love The Mixed Up File of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler too!