num_pages: 307
description: Mattie Sylvester, the elderly, headstrong widow of a famous American artist, shares her memories of the past--the artistic milieu of the 1920s, her charming, ruthless husband, their sons--with her new personal secretary and friend, Sarah Kidd
language: English
title: Painted Lives
titlecomplete: Painted Lives
genres: Fiction
ratings_count: 109
publisher: Atheneum