Portrait of an Unseen Woman

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>In 1892 Paris Annie Shaw longs to escape the confining American Colony where she's lived for twenty years as a quiet Civil War widow. As a budding artist she is ready to immerse herself in the Belle Epoque's vibrant life of art literature and music. But when her domineering mother-in-law announces plans to move in next door and make Annie her permanent caregiver Annie feels trapped and must choose between being responsible for others-her expected societal role-or living her life on her own terms.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>A reimagining of the life of which there was no historical record </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)>Portrait of an Unseen Woman: A Novel of Annie Shaw</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(34 34 34 1)> is a bold historical novel that confronts the constricting Victorian norms of the late nineteenth century.</span></p><p></p>