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An Impossible Woman

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An Impossible Woman

By: Reeta Chakrabarti
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Summary

Her charisma changed lives.​

Her art changed history.​

Paris, 1930.

Amrita Sher-Gil arrives at the École des Beaux-Arts – its youngest student, its first Indian – and begins painting canvases that will change art history. Brilliant, vivacious and utterly ungovernable, she tears through Paris society, leaving a trail of lovers, masterpieces and scandals in her wake.

But when she returns home to India, she finds herself caught between worlds. Painting its ordinary people with revolutionary honesty, while fighting poverty, censure and her own restless heart, Amrita is neither of the east nor the west. And more than anything, Amrita craves recognition. Can she tame her affairs with some of the most influential men of the time, while winning the acclaim she's sure she deserves?​

Based on the extraordinary true story of India's greatest female painter, An Impossible Woman is a novel about a woman who burned brightly and lived fiercely – and what it cost her to live entirely on her own terms.

20th Century Biographical Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Women's Fiction World Literature

Critic Reviews

Praise for Reeta Chakrabarti:
‘A gripping story of family betrayal, full of passion and anger … moving and memorable’ Rose Tremain, Absolutely and Forever
‘Harrowing, poignant and ambitious … a definite for book clubs’ Nina Bhadreshwar, The Day of the Roaring
‘[A] moving tale of love, loss and identity… a compelling novel about family secrets and the search for belonging’ Woman’s Weekly
‘A tender story of family, secrets, betrayal and identity’ The i Paper
‘A portrait of confusion and divided loyalties … deeply moving’ Bee Rowlatt, One Woman Crime Wave
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