Johanna Porter is not sorry

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Johanna Porter is not sorry / Sara Read.

Title:

Johanna Porter is not sorry

Author:

Read, Sara

Format:

Books

Physical Description:

303 pages ; 21 cm

ISBN:

9781525899980

Production / Publication Information:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada : Graydon House, [2023]

General Note:

Includes discussion questions.

Summary:

"Twenty years ago, Johanna Porter was a rising star in the art world. Now she's an unknown soccer mom. When an invitation arrives for an elite gallery opening for her former lover, the great Nestor Pinedo, Johanna wants to throw it in the trash where it belongs. But with some styling help from her daughter, she makes an appearance and comes face-to-face with the woman she was before the powerful and jealous Nestor ruined her. La Rosa Blanca is a portrait of Johanna herself, young and fierce and fearless--a masterwork with a price tag to match. When she cuts it out of its frame, rolls it up and walks out, Johanna is only taking back what was stolen from her. Hiding out with La Rosa Blanca in a shack on the Chesapeake Bay, Johanna digs into the raw work of reviving her own skills while battling novice-thief paranoia, impostor syndrome and mom guilt. But Johanna doesn't just want the painting--she wants to paint again. To harness her powerful talent, she must defy everyone's expectations--most of all her own--for what a woman like her should be"--

Language:

English

Genre:

Novels.

Subject Term:

Women artists -- Fiction.

Art thefts -- Fiction.

Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction.

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Summary

"Laugh out loud funny and poignant. I loved it!"--LORI FOSTER, New York Times bestselling author

Johanna is not a thief--and she is definitely not sorry.

In the back room at an elite gallery party, 40-something soccer mom Johanna Porter stands face to face with her younger self. The girl in the portrait, La Rosa Blanca, is fierce and fearless, and Johanna sees the great painter she almost was before her lover, the powerful artist Nestor Pinedo, torched her career.

When she cuts the million-dollar masterpiece out of its frame, rolls it up and walks out, it's not a theft. It's a rescue.

Hiding out in a shack on the Chesapeake Bay with La Rosa Blanca looking on, Johanna tries to paint again, but encounters only the cringe-worthy atrophy of her talent. When she reluctantly goes sailing with the injured surgeon two houses away, and chemistry flares between the struggling misanthropes, Johanna realizes that to fulfill the promise of her younger self, she's got to quit playing it safe.

Battling novice-thief paranoia, impostor syndrome and mom guilt, she can stay one step ahead of the law. But it will take an act of desperation to become the woman La Rosa Blanca was meant to be.

"Vivid, visceral, and sexy--I loved it."--JEN DEVON, author of Bend Toward the Sun

Don't miss Sara Read's next captivating book, Principles of Emotion, a smart, poignant STEMinist novel perfect for fans of Lessons in Chemistry

Reviews (1)

Booklist Review

Johanna Porter has settled into her new life as a divorced mom, reluctantly leaving behind her days as a rising artist. Then an unexpected invitation arrives from the very people who destroyed her art career more than a decade ago. Thus begins a whirlwind journey that goes beyond one woman reclaiming her agency. Making the rash decision to steal a million-dollar painting--a portrait of her by her former lover--from those she deems her enemies, Johanna finds herself in a peculiarly enlightening situation. The fear of being caught ignites the desire to create, and the former artist picks up a paint brush once again. In the midst of hiding out from the police, being a mother, falling in love, and grieving for the past, Johanna learns to embrace herself and her tendency to be "too much," no longer allowing anyone to induce her to make herself or her art small. Debut novelist Read has created a thoroughly sympathetic character in this witty, quick, and emotionally turbulent tale that will have readers cheering for Johanna well after the last page.