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Picasso’s Lovers by Jeanne Mackin

Posted on March 15, 2024April 9, 2024 By Jenna 5 Comments on Picasso’s Lovers by Jeanne Mackin

You know Pablo Picasso. Now meet the women behind the masterpieces.

Welcome to one of the March 15th stops on the blog tour for Picasso’s Lovers by Jeanne Mackin with Goddess Fish Promotions. Be sure to follow the rest of the tour for spotlights, reviews, and a giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.

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About the Book

Picasso’s Lovers
by Jeanne Mackin

Published 23 January 2024
Berkley

Genre: Historical Fiction
Page Count: 352
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You know Pablo Picasso.  Now meet the women behind the masterpieces. The women of Picasso’s life are glamorous and elusive, existing in the shadow of his fame – until, in the 1950’s, aspiring journalist Alana Olsen determines to bring one into the light and discovers a past complicated by secrets and intrigue.

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Excerpt

Gazes from Pablo Picasso are like brushstrokes.  Some are long, lingering, full of texture and pigment. Some are short, shallow, even accidental.  His gaze on me now falls somewhere between the two.

Once, his gaze would have found enough for an entire painting. He would have seen flesh, and the bone and muscle under the flesh, the question or certainty of the eyes. He would have seen past, present, and future and painted them in a way that made time irrelevant.

Yes, that was how he pained me. Everything and at once, all the angles and geometry of the body, and he made of me something eternal and always beautiful.  That is what an artists can do for a woman.  When most men looked at me, all I saw in their faces was desire, the urge to possess. When Pablo looked at me, his face filled with wonder waiting to be translated to lines and brushstrokes.

Spring. The second year of the Great War. I wasn’t twenty yet, and had returned from cold, starving Moscow, where a loaf of bread coast as much as a silk dress…Back to Paris for me!

When Pablo first saw me, I was sitting on the rim of the Wallace Fountain in Place Emile, face turned up to the sun like a basking cat, enjoying the fine day and wondering what adventure I might  find…It was early summer. I had stolen a bunch of cherries at Les Halles and a roll, but my stomach rattled.

About the Author

Jeanne Mackin is the author of several historical novels, including The Last Collection, which has been translated into five languages, and The Beautiful American, which won a CNY award for fiction.  She has taught in the MFA Creative Writing program at Goddard College and won journalism awards, and is currently at work on her next novel.

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Comments (5) on “Picasso’s Lovers by Jeanne Mackin”

  1. Marianne Judy says:
    March 15, 2024 at 9:04 AM

    Thank you so much for featuring PICASSO’S LOVERS today.

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  2. Rita Wray says:
    March 15, 2024 at 12:38 PM

    I liked the excerpt.

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  3. Jeanne mackin says:
    March 15, 2024 at 8:35 PM

    Thanks for hosting me on this lovely site!

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  4. Bea LaRocca says:
    March 16, 2024 at 1:09 AM

    Happy Friday! I hope that you have enjoyed your book tour as much as I have enjoyed reading about you and your work throughout the tour. I am looking forward to reading Picasso’s Lovers and to seeing more from you in the future. Have a great weekend!

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