The Art of Being Betsy

A gripping exploration into the life of a wildly complex woman.

Betsy Thacker knows good art, bad taste, and how to find fault with practically anything. But recognizing beauty in herself has always been another matter.

At fifty-five, she returns to Honey Grove, Texas, the small town she left decades ago, with a prison sentence behind her and little enthusiasm for a second act. Her art-world career is gone. Her now-grown children are estranged. An attempt to end her life has failed. Betsy’s ...