A review by mallorychristine
Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet by Stephanie Cowell

5.0

This was the most heart-achingly beautiful novel I have ever read. It is as full of life and beauty and desperation and hope as Monet's life and works. Reading Cowell's words evoked the same overwhelming feelings for me as I have when looking at one of his paintings. The emotion and struggle of Monet, his lover, and his fellow artists broke my heart in the same breath that it inspired me to love their work more for the knowledge of what they gave up to create it and how much it meant to them.