The Gravity of Birds: A Novel

An “irresistibly exquisite” (San Francisco Chronicle) debut novel following an art authenticator and art historian employed by a reclusive American painter to sell a never-before-seen masterpiece, leading them to discover the devastating secrets left in the wake of a forbidden love affair.

Forty-four years after the brilliant young painter, Thomas Bayber, first meets Alice and Natalie Kessler, Bayber unveils a never-before-seen work, Kessler Sisters—a provocative painting depicting the young...