Blood Water Paint
Published on Jul 09, 2018
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Welcome to another installment of the readers advisory panel at the Coralville Public Library! This weeks book is from a Booklist from Bookish! Enjoy :)
Joy McCullough
She writes books & plays from her home in Seattle. This is her debut novel.
Historical fiction novel
and a novel in verse
Photo by Kelly Sikkema
Inspired by the life of
Artemisia Gentileschi,
a girl who
shows us
her life story
For more information on Artemisia Gentileschi:
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/artemisia...
https://www.biography.com/people/artemisia-gentileschi-9308725
https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/eascfa/dinner_party/place_settings/artemisia...
https://www.biography.com/people/artemisia-gentileschi-9308725
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During17th-century Rome
Photo by Zach Dischner
She overcame -
abuse &
rape from
a trusted mentor
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So she went to court. And won in 1611!
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Artemisia -
finds strength to -
stand up
and
fight
like Roman heroines -
Like the heroines she grew up listening to her mother tell her about from the bible.
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Heroines her mother
used to read to her
as a little girl
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Artemisia is a real heroine for what
she conquered in her lifetime
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“Tragically relevant and unflinchingly feminist, Blood Water Paint is the kind of book all historical fiction should aspire to be.”
-Mackenzi Lee
Mackenzi Lee, author of The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and Virtue, sums it up perfectly:
Resources
- “Joy McCullough | Penguin Random House.” PenguinRandomhouse.com, Penguin Random House, www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2152291/joy-mccullough.
- Gallucci, Kelly, et al. “Spring 2018's Must-Read Young Adult Books.” Bookish, 6 Mar. 2018, www.bookish.com/articles/must-read-ya-spring-2018/.
