Tuesday, November 18 | 6:30 pm

A.Shapiro is well known for her books about the art world, such as The Mural­ist and The Art Forg­er. Each of these books fea­tures a hero­ine who solves a mys­tery involv­ing a paint­ing or paint­ings. The Lost Mas­ter­piece fol­lows this same pat­tern, and is sure to become anoth­er favorite with readers.

The sto­ry is told by four nar­ra­tors: Berthe Morisot, a con­tem­po­rary of Manet and, in the sto­ry, his lover; Aimée, her daugh­ter; Colette, Aimée’s daugh­ter; and Tama­ra, their present-day descen­dant. Tama­ra receives news that she has inher­it­ed a new­ly dis­cov­ered Manet, Par­ty on the Seine. When she takes pos­ses­sion of the paint­ing, strange things begin to hap­pen. She is also sued for the paint­ing by a rel­a­tive of Manet’s. The book cov­ers the sto­ries of the four women over time, with most of the book focus­ing on Berthe’s career as an artist, and Tamara’s strug­gle to keep the paint­ing and find out its true provenance.

Ticket: $15