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The Painted Girls: A Novel Cathy Marie Buchanan
Publisher: Penguin Group (USA)

Jan 14, 2013 - I wasn't a big fan of Cathy Marie Buchanan's previous novel, so I approached The Painted Girls with some trepidation. Feb 20, 2014 - And then I was gifted The Painted Girls by Cathy Marie Buchanan (Penguin - Riverhead). May 23, 2014 - Facilitator Claudia Silk and the book group members discuss The Painted Girls, by Cathy Marie Buchanan, Wednesday, May 28, 2-3, Fairfield Woods Branch. Mar 5, 2013 - Not surprisingly seeing the topic and milieu of the book, it felt actually like reading a modern Zola! Jan 25, 2013 - In THE PAINTED GIRLS, Buchanan sets her historical novel in the Paris of 1878. Following their father's sudden death, the Van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. May 26, 2014 - Summary from Kobo: Paris, 1878. Feb 11, 2013 - Our starred review of the day goes to The Painted Girls, which is set during a time period that many readers, teens included, find fascinating — Paris in the 1880s. I mean, her writing was sound – but the subject matter in her previous book left me a little, well, bored. For more information, visit fairfieldpubliclibrary.org. Sep 27, 2013 - I quite enjoyed reading The Painted Girls. This is a historical novel about girls--who could be YA if this were pointed in that direction--living in not-quite-fin-de-siecle France. The City of Light is teeming with murderers, thieves, prostitutes, hags, and drunken mothers. Feb 26, 2013 - The Painted Girls is only one of two titles currently published by author Cathy Marie Buchanan, but the waves it has made on the Kindle bestseller lists make it a book to watch out for. Aug 4, 2013 - A gripping novel set in Belle Époque Paris and inspired by the real-life model for Degas's Little Dancer Aged Fourteen and the era's most notorious criminal trials, Paris. Feb 5, 2013 - Cathy Marie Buchanan's The Painted Girls, looks as though it is going to be a quiet bestseller (Find this book in our catalog).