Qesher Book Club: "The Gallery of Beauties"
Tue, Sep 10
|Webinar
Join us as we partner with Qesher for another episode of the Qesher Book Club with author Nina Wachsman!
Time & Location
Sep 10, 2024, 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM EDT
Webinar
About the event
About this talk
Venice, 1612. Two very different women, a notorious courtesan and a Talmudic scholar, are brought together by an artist when they pose for a "Gallery of Beauties," forming a relationship neither of them anticipated.
Conflicted about her past, Belladonna finds herself drawn to Diana, the rabbi's widowed daughter and has ambitions for her future, but only if Diana will discard her origins and her traditions. While Diana is torn by indecision, Belladonna feels threatened, as one by one, the subjects of the portraits are poisoned. The two women must rely on their wits and each other to avoid becoming the next victims, as they confront the powerful men who seek to control them and Venice.
Nina writes with an innate understanding of Venice, the ghetto, and the customs of people and events there, both past and present.
The Gallery of Beauties was nominated for an Agatha for…