A cut above other novels. The references to O’Keefe’s art and life story kept me engaged throughout. I like how the author kept the story in check. She showed great restraint when she might have ruined the story with too much romance. It is a genuinely well written novel.
My only complaint was the narrator’s character voices. I would have preferred she use one voice instead of affecting those odd speech patterns. It threw me off the story more than once. I appreciate the difficulty of giving voice to so many different characters, but sometimes narrators try too hard. As happened in this case.