{"product_id":"2940169412406","title":"Blood Water Paint","description":"\u003cp\u003eHer mother died when she was twelve, and suddenly Artemisia Gentileschi had a stark choice: a life as a nun in a convent or a life grinding pigment for her father's paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe chose paint.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the time she was seventeen, Artemisia did more than grind pigment. She was one of Rome's most talented painters, even if no one knew her name. But Rome in 1610 was a city where men took what they wanted from women, and in the aftermath of rape Artemisia faced another terrible choice: a life of silence or a life of truth, no matter the cost.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe will not consume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003emy every thought.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI am a painter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eI will paint.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoy McCullough's bold novel in verse is a portrait of an artist as a young woman, filled with the soaring highs of creative inspiration and the devastating setbacks of a system built to break her. McCullough weaves Artemisia's heartbreaking story with the stories of the ancient heroines, Susanna and Judith, who become not only the subjects of two of Artemisia's most famous paintings but sources of strength as she battles to paint a woman's timeless truth in the face of unspeakable and all-too-familiar violence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eI will show you\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ewhat a woman can do.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47104508002544,"sku":"2940169412406","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169412406_p0.jpg?v=1763681865","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169412406","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}