The Picture Book

Patrizia Orman works as a Soho gallery assistant and dreams of a successful artistic career. Then her mother dies in an accident and her godmother gives her letters from her mysterious father. A Roman art dealer, he had forced her mother to choose between their relationship and their unborn child. Devastated, Patrizia goes to Rome to find her father. She infiltrates his life, concealing her identity. Rome brings her artistic passion and new love with Andrea, a young Italian. She fears that Andrea, like her father, might abandon her. Hardcover, 244 pages.