Miss O'Keeffe

by Christine Taylor Patten, Alvaro Cardona-Hine

Overview

In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O’Keeffe, then ninety-six. Also an artist, Patten served as nurse, cook, companion, and friend to the older woman. This intimate account of the year of Patten’s employment offers a rare glimpse of O’Keeffe’s daily life when she could no longer see well enough to paint.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826325990
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	07/01/2013
Sold by:	SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format:	eBook
Pages:	216
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Christine Taylor Patten is an artist who lives in northern New Mexico.

Alvaro Cardona-Hine is a poet and translator. He also lives in northern New Mexico.

What People are Saying About This

Roxana Robinson

A thoughtful, sensitive and troubling look at the last few years of O'Keefe's life.

Editorial Reviews

Evokes the spirit of simplicity and contentment that makes both New Mexico and Georgia O'Keeffe enchanting.

Austin Chronicle

An extraordinary paean to dignity and grace in old age . . . a compelling portrait.

Evokes the spirit of simplicity and contentment that makes both New Mexico and Georgia OKeeffe enchanting.

"Evokes the spirit of simplicity and contentment that makes both New Mexico and Georgia O'Keeffe enchanting."

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