Green Brook Country Club's Book Review ~ The Art Forger

Presented by New York Times Best Selling Author
B. A. Shapiro
Wednesday, September 10, 2014 - 11:30 AM

Sumptuous Luncheon – Author Presentation – Greet & Meet Author - Questions & Answer Period – Personalized Book Signing – Valet Parking

Almost twenty-five years after the infamous art heist at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum—still the largest unsolved art theft in history—one of the stolen Degas paintings is delivered to the Boston studio of a young artist. Claire Roth has entered into a Faustian bargain with a powerful gallery owner by agreeing to forge the Degas in exchange for a one-woman show in his renowned gallery.

But as she begins her work, she starts to suspect that this long-missing masterpiece—the very one that had been hanging at the Gardner for one hundred years—may itself be a forgery. The Art Forger is a thrilling novel about seeing—and not seeing—the secrets that lie beneath the canvas. But when the long-missing Degas painting—the one which had been hanging for 100 years at the Gardner Museum—is delivered to Claire's studio, she begins to suspect that it may not be the original, but a forgery itself. As she begins her search for the truth about the painting's origins and its possible link to a secret relationship between Edgar Degas and Isabella Stewart Gardner--revealed to the reader through Isabella's letters to her niece—Claire finds herself in a breathless race through a labyrinth of deceit where secrets hidden since the late 19th century may hold the key to the mysteries of the present.

~ B.A. Shapiro’s books will be available to purchase and have signed at this Book Review Event ~

*IF YOU PURCHASE A BOOK AT THIS BOOK REVIEW EVENT, AFTER BOOK SIGNING YOU ARE INVITED TO HAVE TEA/COFFEE & CAKE AT A 2:30 P.M. and a PRIVATE TALK SESSION WITH B.A. SHAPIRO IN THE GREEN BEE ROOM.

Reservations are limited and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis.

Click on this link for the full brochure and registration form:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bdynm1yyrqr8n16/The%20Art%20Forger%20091014.docx

If you have any questions please email Marlene Cohen, Book Club Chairperson at mmlc2926@aol.com