B. A. Shapiro, author of The New York Times bestseller The Art Forger, discusses her latest novel, The Lost Masterpiece.

The Lost Masterpiece is a story of love, adultery, betrayal, family secrets, and the grueling birth of Impressionism, taking the reader on a whirlwind adventure from the streets of Paris in the late 1800s and the studio Berthe Morisot shared with Manet, Degas, and Renoir at a time when it was improper for women to paint seriously to the present day. Shapiro brings Berthe’s world to life, tracing her work through generations of descendants and introducing us to a painter as brilliant and original as her male counterparts. 

We'll learn all about this fascinating story and hold a Q & A on the author's work.

About the Author: B.A. Shapiro is the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of ten novels, including The Lost Masterpiece, Metropolis, The Collector’s Apprentice, The Muralist and The Art Forger, which won the New England Book Award for Fiction, among other honors. Her books have been selected as Community Reads throughout the country and have been translated into over a dozen languages. 

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