Book of the Month Discussion: Adelaide: Painter of the Revolution

Adélaïde Labille-Guiard refuses to be silenced. The daughter of Parisian shopkeepers, she dreams not of marriage or titles but of earning a place among the masters of French art. With Queen Marie Antoinette on the throne and a spirit of change in the air, anything seems possible. She faces an impossible choice: protect her life or fight for a legacy that will outlast her. Inspired by the true story of one of the first women admitted to the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture, Adélaïde: Painter of the Revolution is an evocative portrait of ambition, courage, and resilience.
Author Janell Strube is the winner of the Independent Publishers IPPY Bronze Medal for European Fiction, National Indie Excellence Award Finalist - New Fiction, National Indie Excellence Award Finalist - Faction (fiction work based on facts), and the Literary Titan Gold Book Award. Her identity as an adoptee often steers her attention to topics of alienation, erased history, and displacement.