num_pages: 352
description: A beautiful and evocative look at identity and creativity The Gallery of Unfinished Girls is a stunning debut in magical realism. Perfect for fans of The Walls Around Us and Bone Gap.Mercedes Moreno is an artist. At least she thinks she could be even though she hasnt been able to paint anything worthwhile in the past year.Her lack of inspiration might be because her abuela is in a coma. Or the fact that Mercedes is in love with her best friend Victoria but is too afraid to admit her true feelings.Despite Mercedess creative block art starts to show up in unexpected ways. A piano appears on her front lawn one morning and a mysterious new neighbor invites Mercedes to paint with her at the Red Mangrove Estate.At the Estate Mercedes can create in ways she hasnt ever before. But Mercedes cant take anything out of the Estate including her new-found clarity. Mercedes cant live both lives forever and ultimately she must choose between this perfect world of art and truth and a much messier reality.A dreamy and subtle work of art The Gallery of Unfinished Girls explores love family and the maddening magical drive to create art.Adi Alsaid author of Let's Get Lost
language: English
title: The Gallery of Unfinished Girls
publisher: HarperTeen