The velveteen daughter : a novel by Huber, Laurel Davis, author instant download

The velveteen daughter : a novel by Huber, Laurel Davis, author instant download

399 pages : 22 cm, The story of Margery Williams Bianco, author of the beloved children's book The Velveteen Rabbit, and her daughter Pamela, a world-renowned child prodigy artist whose fame at one time greatly eclipses her mother's. But celebrity at such an early age exacts a great toll. Pamela's dreams elude her as she struggles with severe depressions, an overbearing father, an obsessive love affair, and a spectacularly misguided marriage. Throughout, her life raft is her mother. The glamorous art world of Europe and New York in the early 20th century and a supporting cast of luminaries, including Eugene O'Neill and his wife Agnes (Margery's niece), Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Richard Hughes, author of A High Wind in Jamaica, provide a vivid backdrop to the Biancos' story, Includes discussion questions, Includes endnotes regarding the authenticity of the story, pages 381-384, Includes bibliographical references (pages 391-393)