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Penny Fields-Schneider

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I have loved reading all of my life, living in school libraries, and like 'Matilda' walked up the steps of the Camberwell library as a five year old, where the very kind librarian gave me a library card and allowed me to borrow 'Ping'.
I always thought I had a book inside me, bursting to be released, and in 2017 the muse revealed herself! The Sun Rose in Paris came, almost fully formed and I combined things that mattered to me: a passion for art, a yearning to travel, a desire to remember a family tragedy that would be lost in time and a beautiful romance. One book became two, and then I knew it needed a little more, so came book three. But unanswered questions still remained... why did she go and where? Hence Sofia's Story was written.
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"I received a copy of this book in exchange for my opinion.

I need to preface my review by saying I knew nothing of Lee Krasner before reading this book. I knew of Jackson Pollock but only knew of him in the vaguest terms. I knew he was an artist and " Read more of this review »
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The engrossing world of modern art in the Twentieth Century and the life of Lee Krasner are brought to life in this well written book. Her struggles and accomplishments, relationships and friends are examined along with her tempe" Read more of this review »
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“Of course, she does not want to hear of a life without her brother, he considered. She had already lost both of her parents. Andrés was the only family she had. For Sofia, life without him would be an agony beyond contemplation.”
Penny Fields-Schneider, Shattered Dreams

“Did truth have to be borne of tragedy? Jack wondered. Couldn’t nice things be true too? Why did sadness so often surround the lives of artists? Did one really have to experience sorrow to be great? Surely not!”
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“The symbols cleverly embedded in works that provided codes for those who knew how to read them. A compass to show wisdom. An hourglass to show we must use time wisely. The personal tags that artists left on their paintings, barely visible unless one knew where to look.  ‘It is like a hidden message,’ Monsieur explained. ‘A tiny word here, an unobtrusive object there. The meaning revealed”
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“I can never read all the books I want; I can never be all the people I want and live all the lives I want. I can never train myself in all the skills I want. And why do I want? I want to live and feel all the shades, tones and variations of mental and physical experience possible in my life. And I am horribly limited.”
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