The Marriage Portrait. My favorite book so far this year. Inspired by Robert Browning's poem "My Last Duchess" and bolstered by extensive research, Maggie O'Farrell, author of Hamnet, has created a story about the young duchess married to a ruthless duke, who only wants a wife to give birth to an heir.
Hidden Pictures. A recovering addict is given a chance a redemption when she gets a job a nanny to five-year-old Teddy who loves to draw. When his pictures become frightening, she wonders if his drawings are inspired by the ghost of a woman who died in the guest house where the nanny is living. You would really have to suspend your disbelief to "get" this story. C+
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