Book details:
Book Title: The Vow
Author: Jude Berman
Publication Date: October 15th, 2024
Publisher: She Writes Press
Pages: 368
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In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life.
Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She is determined to become a history painter, a career off-limits to women. To ensure her success, she has vowed never to marry.
When a new patron invites her to London, Angelica befriends famous artists, paints portraits of Queen Charlotte and other royalty, and becomes a founding member of the Royal Academy. While still in London, an alluring but mysterious Swedish count makes her an offer that may be too tempting to resist. Then, upon returning to Italy, she meets Wolfgang von Goethe.
Time and time again, Angelica faces the insurmountable obstacles and great personal sacrifices that come with being an independent woman. The vows she makes, big and small, are repeatedly challenged. Will she break free from the traditional male/female binary and the many oppressive social dictates of her time and learn to “paint with her soul” . . . or is a vow of a different sort necessary if she is to answer the deepest call of her heart?
Publisher’s Buy Link: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Vow/Jude-Berman/9781647427887
Jude Berman has a BA in art from Smith College and an EdD in cross-cultural communication from UMass Amherst. After a career in academic research, she built a freelance writing and editing business and ran two small Indie presses. She lives in Berkeley, CA, where she continues to work with authors and write fiction.
In her free time, she volunteers for progressive causes, paints with acrylic watercolors, gardens, and meditates. The Die, metaphysical speculative fiction about saving democracy, was published in 2024.
Visit judeberman.com for Jude’s books and judeberman.org for her art.
Author Links:
Website: https://judeberman.com/
Art website: http://www.judeberman.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/judeberman/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jude.berman/
Threads: https://www.threads.net/@jude.berman
Amazon Author Page: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Jude-Berman/author/B0C9N4GDVJ
Tour hosted by: The Coffee Pot Book Club
Thanks so much for hosting Jude Berman today, with her fascinating new novel, The Vow.
Take care,
Cathie xx
The Coffee Pot Book Club