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Queen of the Owls

A Novel

Published by She Writes Press
Distributed by Simon & Schuster

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About The Book

A chance meeting with a charismatic photographer will forever change Elizabeth’s life. Until she met Richard, Elizabeth's relationship with Georgia O’Keeffe and her little-known Hawaii paintings was purely academic. Now it’s personal. Richard tells Elizabeth that the only way she can truly understand O’Keeffe isn’t with her mind—it’s by getting into O’Keeffe’s skin and reenacting her famous nude photos. In the intimacy of Richard’s studio, Elizabeth experiences a new, intoxicating abandon and fullness. It never occurs to her that the photographs might be made public, especially without her consent. Desperate to avoid exposure—she’s a rising star in the academic world and the mother of young children—Elizabeth demands that Richard dismantle the exhibit. But he refuses. The pictures are his art. His property, not hers. As word of the photos spreads, Elizabeth unwittingly becomes a feminist heroine to her students, who misunderstand her motives in posing. To the university, however, her actions are a public scandal. To her husband, they’re a public humiliation. Yet Richard has reawakened an awareness that’s haunted Elizabeth since she was a child—the truth that cerebral knowledge will never be enough. Now she must face the question: How much is she willing to risk to be truly seen and known?

About The Author

Barbara Linn Probst is the author of the acclaimed novels The Color of Ice, The Sound Between the Notes, and Queen of the Owls. Each of her novels has won prestigious national awards in literary, popular, and women’s fiction, including the Sarton Award for Contemporary Fiction. Barbara has also published over 75 articles on the craft of writing and the writing life. An avid traveler, a former teacher and therapist, and a “serious amateur” pianist, she makes her home in the Hudson Valley, just north of New York City.

Product Details

  • Publisher: She Writes Press (April 7, 2020)
  • Length: 330 pages
  • ISBN13: 9781631528910

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