Girl Braiding Her Hair: Inspired by the true story of a revolutionary female artist history forgot

"My it's-never-going-to-be-spring attitude put me in the mood to hide away with a book, and this was the perfect one for it. I loved the characters, wanted to be neighbors of theirs...wanted to applaud their talents and strengths." C. Cain

By the time Suzanne Valadon was 15 years old, she'd been a horse walker, a funeral wreath maker, and a circus acrobat. When she began to model for some of the greatest Impressionists, people accused her of having loose morals, but she was an innocent. Unti...