Books at the Barn at Meadow: Emily Howes, The Painter’s Daughters - A story about Gainsborough’s children

WHEN:    Thursday 1 May
WHERE:    Meadow, Stockbridge
TIME:       7pm for 7.30pm

’Beautifully written, moving and skilfully handled, The Painter's Daughters is as exquisitely and tenderly rendered as a Gainsborough painting’ — Tracy Chevalier, author of Girl with a Pearl Earring.

The Painter's Daughters is inspired by true events. It follows the story of Peggy and Molly Gainsborough as they grow up under the watchful eye of their father. As Gainsborough finds fame, the girls are thrown into the whirl of polite society where the codes of behaviour are explicit and secrets much harder to keep. Love, betrayal, sisterhood and the price we pay for love all finds its place in this award-winning debut novel.

Join Books at the Barn at Meadow for an 'in conversation' event with the author. Bring your book club or come with a friend and find out more about the artist and the world he inhabited.

Tickets are £17.50, including a glass of wine