Leonora in the morning light /
Carter, Michaela, 1967-
Leonora in the morning light / Michaela Carter. - First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. - 404 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 401).
"As Leonora and Max embark on remarkable journeys together and apart, the full story of their tumultuous and passionate love affair unfolds, spanning time and borders as they seek to reunite and reclaim their creative power in a world shattered by war. When their paths cross with Peggy Guggenheim, an art collector and socialite working to help artists escape to America, nothing will be the same"--Provided by publisher 1937. British socialite and painter Leonora Carrington meets Max Ernst, an older, married artist whose work has captivated Europe. She follows him to Paris, and gains recognition under her own name. When Max and his circle are denounced as "degenerates" and arrested, Leonora battles terrifying circumstances to survive. 1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in southern France, but face capture by the Nazis. Only one man does not flee, determined to ride the train until he reaches home, to find a woman he refers to simply as "her." -- adapted from jacket
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Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011 --Fiction.
Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979 --Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Women artists--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Leonora in the morning light / Michaela Carter. - First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition. - 404 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (page 401).
"As Leonora and Max embark on remarkable journeys together and apart, the full story of their tumultuous and passionate love affair unfolds, spanning time and borders as they seek to reunite and reclaim their creative power in a world shattered by war. When their paths cross with Peggy Guggenheim, an art collector and socialite working to help artists escape to America, nothing will be the same"--Provided by publisher 1937. British socialite and painter Leonora Carrington meets Max Ernst, an older, married artist whose work has captivated Europe. She follows him to Paris, and gains recognition under her own name. When Max and his circle are denounced as "degenerates" and arrested, Leonora battles terrifying circumstances to survive. 1940. A train carrying exiled German prisoners from a labor camp arrives in southern France, but face capture by the Nazis. Only one man does not flee, determined to ride the train until he reaches home, to find a woman he refers to simply as "her." -- adapted from jacket
9781982120511 1982120517
Carrington, Leonora, 1917-2011 --Fiction.
Guggenheim, Peggy, 1898-1979 --Fiction.
Social classes--Fiction.
Women artists--Fiction.
World War, 1939-1945--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.