I’ve written about Sy Montgomery’s last few books here at bookconscious - if you’ve been here with me you know she is an excellent writer who combines eye-opening, thought provoking insights into the animal world with similarly observant and self-aware insights into the human animal. I had picked it up myself at some point (possibly on a free cart), so when I asked her lately what she was reading I decided to read it as well. The friend who went to the Five Colleges booksale with me last year went again this year and got Strapless. 5628.' The cano… twitter.This past week or so I’ve been reading Sy Montgomery‘s illustrated memoir How to Be a Good Creature: a Memoir in Thirteen Animals, which my book club is discussing next week, and Strapless: John Singer Sargent and the Fall of Madame X by Deborah Davis. The full audio is availabl… /i/web/status/1… Learn observational drawing techniques through exploration of figurative works in #TheSassoons while the galleries… /i/web/status/1… This #wedding canopy includes the Hebrew inscription: 'For my dear daughter, Veneziana/ di Aryeh.

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Strapless by Deborah Davis