by A. M. Homes
First published 2025
Jenna Gribbon navigates the art world as a painter whose intimate portraits blur the lines between personal and professional life. She captures her subjects with unflinching honesty, but her own relationships prove more complex to decode. When a gallery opportunity threatens to expose her most private work, Jenna must decide how much of herself she's willing to reveal. Her paintings document love, desire, and vulnerability, yet she struggles to maintain boundaries between her art and the people who inspire it. The camera of her attention turns inward as she confronts what it means to make a living from intimacy. Jenna discovers that success in art requires a different kind of courage than she expected. This novel examines the cost of turning life into art and the price of artistic honesty.
Genres: fiction, art, literary-fiction, contemporary, 21st-century, contemporary-romance
Vibes: emotional, intimate, thought-provoking
Tropes: character-driven, emotional-journey, introspective
Period: 21st-century
100 pages · Paperback · Lévy Gorvy Dayan