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The Marriage Portrait
by Maggie O'Farrell
Wow, this book is arresting! This book is about the power of choice and what happens when you take all choice away. Lucrezia is a child of the Medicis and grows up with her every bodily need taken care of. But her genius for painting is little acknowledged by her family and her quick mind is never lauded. Indeed, she is nothing but a pawn, a daughter to be given to a cruel and unyielding duke. This is the very heart of the matter — that Lucrezia is never once given a choice in anything of importance. Every decision is made for her, when to cut her hair, how much she should know of court matters, and how she should react while her husband is using her. Lucrezia is murdered at 16, one year into her marriage, at the hands of her husband. She never once had a choice in the way her life could have unraveled. This books gives her that choice.