The Three Graces of Val-Kill

The Three Graces of Val-Kill
Author: Emily Herring Wilson
Publisher: UNC Press Books
Total Pages: 233
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1469635844

The Three Graces of Val-Kill changes the way we think about Eleanor Roosevelt. Emily Wilson examines what she calls the most formative period in Roosevelt's life, from 1922 to 1936, when she cultivated an intimate friendship with Marion Dickerman and Nancy Cook, who helped her build a cottage on the Val-Kill Creek in Hyde Park on the Roosevelt family land. In the early years, the three women—the "three graces," as Franklin Delano Roosevelt called them—were nearly inseparable and forged a female-centered community for each other, for family, and for New York's progressive women. Examining this network of close female friends gives readers a more comprehensive picture of the Roosevelts and Eleanor's burgeoning independence in the years that marked Franklin's rise to power in politics. Wilson takes care to show all the nuances and complexities of the women's relationship, which blended the political with the personal. Val-Kill was not only home to Eleanor Roosevelt but also a crucial part of how she became one of the most admired American political figures of the twentieth century. In Wilson's telling, she emerges out of the shadows of monumental histories and documentaries as a woman in search of herself.

The Three Graces

The Three Graces
Author: Jane Ashford
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 232
Release: 2013-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1402276885

When It Comes to the Game of Love..Three Heads are Better than One Finding themselves suddenly impoverished and alone in the world, the three Hartington sisters must rely on their wits, charm, and unique talents to support themselves. Forced to go their separate ways, each of these enchanting sisters is brought to a dead end by the perplexing ways of men and the inequity of fate. Then each receives a letter that changes everything...and if the sisters are going to overcome the obstacles to love, they're going to require some astonishingly creative solutions... Praise for Once Again a Bride: "Jane Ashford's characters are true to their times, yet they radiate the freshness of today."—Historical Novel Review "Clever and entertaining."—Long and Short Review "Reminiscent of the best years of historical romance. Sweet and incredibly refined."—The Romance Review "One of the premier Regency writers...a superbly crafted story."—Fresh Fiction

By His Majesty's Grace (The Three Graces, Book 1)

By His Majesty's Grace (The Three Graces, Book 1)
Author: Jennifer Blake
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2014-02-28
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1472046382

The Three Graces of Graydon are well–born sisters bearing an ominous curse: any man betrothed to them without love is doomed to die.

The Graces

The Graces
Author: Laure Eve
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 350
Release: 2016-09-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1613121385

“The Graces demands to be read twice: The first time for the suspense; the second for the subtleties you missed initially.” —The New York Times Book Review Everyone loves the Graces. Fenrin, Thalia, and Summer Grace are attractive, rich, and glamorous, and they’ve cast a spell over their high school—and their entire town. They’re also rumored to have powerful connections all over the world. If you’re not in love with one of them, you want to be one of them. This is especially true for River, the new girl at school. River’s different from the rest of the horde that both revere and fear the Grace family. She’s dark, aloof, and just maybe . . . magical. And she wants to be a Grace more than anything. But what the Graces don’t know is that River’s presence in their town is no accident. The first rule of witchcraft is that if you want something bad enough, you can get it . . . no matter who has to pay. “A teenage girl becomes obsessed with a family of reputed witches . . . vivid . . . powerful.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Eve conjures up an intriguing vision of small-town mystique, with the Grace family depicted as unknowable and otherworldly—the mystery of whether magic is at play hangs over much of the story—and self-involved, obsessive River’s less-than-trustworthy narration adds to the air of uncertainty.” —Publishers Weekly

Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott

Art and Race Matters: The Career of Robert Colescott
Author: Raphaela Platow
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2019-09-24
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0847866955

The most comprehensive volume devoted to the life and work of pioneering African American artist Robert Colescott, accompanying the largest traveling exhibition of his work ever mounted. Robert Colescott (1925-2009) was a trailblazing artist, whose august career was as unique as his singular artistic style. Known for figurative satirical paintings that exposed the ugly ironies of race in America from the 1970s through the late 1990s, his work was profoundly influential to the generations of artists that have followed him, such as Kara Walker, Kehinde Wiley, and Henry Taylor, among many others. This volume surveys the entirety of Colescott's body of work, with contributions by more than ten curators and writers, including a substantive essay by the show's cocurator, the renowned Lowery Stokes Sims. It provides a detailed stylistic analysis of his politically inflected oeuvre, focusing on Colescott's own consideration of his work in the context of the grand traditions of European painting and contemporary polemic. In addition, the book features reminiscences and thought pieces by a variety of family, friends, students, curators, dealers, and scholars on his work as well as a selection of writings by the artist himself. Relying on previously unpublished transcripts of lectures, reviews, and archival materials provided by institutions and individuals, the book will provide a fuller story of the artist's life and career.

The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life

The Art of Grace: On Moving Well Through Life
Author: Sarah L. Kaufman
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-11-02
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 0393243966

"Sarah Kaufman offers an old-fashioned cure for a modern-day ailment. The remedy for our culture of coarseness is grace…This is an elegant, compelling, and, yes, graceful book." —Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive In this joyful exploration of grace’s many forms, Pulitzer Prize–winning critic Sarah L. Kaufman celebrates a too-often-forgotten philosophy of living that promotes human connection and fulfillment. Drawing on the arts, sports, the humanities, and everyday life—as well as the latest findings in neuroscience and health research—Kaufman illuminates how our bodies and our brains are designed for grace. She promotes a holistic appreciation and practice of grace, as the joining of body, mind, and spirit, and as a way to nurture ourselves and others.

The Three Graces

The Three Graces
Author: Michele Wolfe
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2014-06-10
Genre:
ISBN: 9781941668023

NEW ADULT CONTEMORARY COMING SOON! College juniors Jessie, Isabel and Sara are linked in an unlikely friendship by visits to hidden places only they can see. Together on a trip to Hearst Castle in California an earth-shaking encounter with a stunning statue in the gardens binds them to the spirits of the Three Graces; Brilliance, Joy and Bloom. Under the weight of school and family problems, Sara Jessie and Isabel grow to be fast friends as they struggle with who they are and what will become of them. Until the fateful trip where they are gifted three magical pendants. Through these gifts the girls must find a way to unlock a centuries old curse and free the graces from their stone grave. Will Brilliance, Joy and Bloom find freedom through the girls or will they forever be entombed in the statue of The Three Graces? The Three Graces is a deep and beautiful story of discovery, of admitting to truths that have been buried, and of letting go of a past that hinders the present.