On a January day in 1927, Paris, Camille de St. Phalle, a young girl of seventeen is approached on the avenue by a prominent painter, aged forty-five, who desires to paint her portrait.
The love story that ensues between the two is passionate, lasting nine years, producing a daughter, but Camille is cut off from family and friends and lives a nearly isolated life because of her choice. A series of startling events occur that bring Camille a fearful realization.
Still Life is based on the true story of Picasso and Marie-Thérèse Walter. It is an imaginative rendition of what it must have been like for Camille to live in the orbit of an artist the stature of a Picasso.
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Elizabeth Cooke, born and bred in New York, graduated Vassar College and the Sorbonne. She is the author of eleven books. The sixth in her Paris hotel series, Intrigue at a Small Hotel, won the grand prize at the Paris Hotel Book Festival 2016. Still Life reflects her love of the history and brilliance of Paris, the City of Light.