Full name: The Velveteen Daughter: A Novel

Author: Laurel Davis Huber Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Historical fiction, Fiction, Memoirs Purchase/reserch links: Amazon Goodreads LibraryThing ISBNs: 9781631521928 1631521926

The Velveteen Daughter reveals for the first time the true story of two remarkable women: Margery Williams Bianco, the author of one of the most beloved children's books of all time--The Velveteen Rabbit--and her daughter Pamela, a world-renowned child prodigy artist whose fame at one time greatly eclipses her mother's. But celebrity at such an early age exacts a great toll. Pamela's dreams elude her as she struggles with severe depressions, an overbearing father, an obsessive love affair, and a spectacularly misguided marriage. Throughout, her life raft is her mother. The glamorous art world of Europe and New York in the early 20th century and a supporting cast of luminaries--Eugene O'Neill and his wife Agnes (Margery's niece), Pablo Picasso, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, and Richard Hughes, author of A High Wind in Jamaica--provide a vivid backdrop to the Biancos' story. From the opening pages, the novel will captivate readers with its multifaceted and illuminating observations on art, family, and the consequences of genius touched by madness. Similar books: The Blessing Stone by Barbara Wood The Hearth and Eagle by Anya Seton American Dreams by John Jakes Below the Salt by Thomas B. Costain Tyringham Park by Rosemary McLoughlin Kings of Albion by Julian Rathbone The Turquoise by Anya Seton The Seekers by John Jakes The Golden Age by Gore Vidal People of the Earth by W. Michael Gear The Titans by John Jakes A Very English Agent by Julian Rathbone The Lawless by John Jakes The Rebels by John Jakes People of the River by W. Michael Gear The Help by Kathryn Stockett A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark Sullivan The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate