Clara has been her mother's muse since she was three years old. Ruth Dunne, a renowned controversial photographer in New York, was made famous by the nude portraits of her daughter from age three to fourteen. Unable to bear the pressure and scrutiny, Clara ran away when she was eighteen, got married, settled in Maine and had a daughter.
Fourteen years later she was called to New York by her older sister to tell her that their mother is dying and would like to see her. Coming face to face with her past can she find peace and forgiveness? The mother-daughter intricate relationship is taut with tension and pschological dilemna.
Just like in her previous novel "Family History" Shapiro excels in mapping out family dramas and coaxing the emotions out of the shadows and into our lives.
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