she didn't write the book she claims she wrote
It's been years since she left Sugarlake
But when letters from someone in her past force her to examine one of the most painful periods of her life
Full of witty insights and featuring a special collection of personal and professional photographs
Finalist for the 2022 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award
Anima Rising Justin M. Posey she didn't write the book"Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman's nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can't resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She's alive! Back at his studio, Klimt and his model turned muse Wally tend to the formerly drowned girl. She's nearly feral and doesn't remember who she is, or how she