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AUDIO BOOK REVIEW: The Last Painting of Sara DeVos by Dominic Smith

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Publication Date:  April 5, 2016 Format:  Audio Genre:   Historical Fiction Narrators:  Edoardo Ballerini Publisher:  Macmillan Audio                 Length:  9 hours 57 min Buy:  Kindle  |  Audio Synopsis Amsterdam, 1631: Sara de Vos becomes the first woman to be admitted as a master painter to the city's Guild of St. Luke. Though women do not paint landscapes (they are generally restricted to indoor subjects), a wintry outdoor scene haunts Sara: She cannot shake the image of a young girl from a nearby village, standing alone beside a silver birch at dusk, staring out at a group of skaters on the frozen river below. Defying the expectations of her time, she decides to paint it. ...