TY - BOOK AU - Callaghan,Carrie TI - A light of her own SN - 9781944995898 PY - 2018///] CY - New York PB - Amberjack Publishing KW - Leyster, Judith, KW - Grebber, Pieter de, KW - Painters KW - Netherlands KW - Fiction KW - Sex role KW - History KW - Women painters KW - Female friendship KW - Ambition KW - Haarlem (Netherlands) KW - 17th century KW - Novels KW - lcgft KW - Historical fiction KW - Biographical fiction N2 - Holland, 1633. Judith Leyster is a painter, dodging the law and whispers of murder in hopes of becoming the first woman admitted to the prestigious Haarlem artist's guild. Maria is a Catholic in a country where the faith is banned, hoping to absolve her sins by recovering a lost saint's relic. Both women's destinies will be shaped by their ambitions, running counter to the city's most powerful men, whose own plans spell disaster. A vivid portrait of a remarkable artist, a story of grit against the backdrop of Rembrandts and repressive religious rule ER -