In “The Painted Girls,” a carefully researched, deeply imagined historical novel by Canadian writer Cathy Marie Buchanan, the Belle Époque comes to vibrant, often aching life. It follows two real-life ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Page and Palette announces it will host national best-selling author Cathy Marie Buchanan with the paperback release of her historical novel “The Painted Girls.” Buchanan will sign and discuss the ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Just who is The Little Dancer, Aged 14? Who is the actual girl, cast 2/3 of her life size by Edgar Degas? That little dancer was Marie van Goethem, one of three sisters left to fend for themselves ...

Cathy Marie Buchanan, author of “The Painted Girls” will visit Page and Palette Bookstore during her book tour. Buchanan will be at Page and Palette in Fairhope at noon Feb. 19. “The Painted Girls” by ...

Wouldn’t you just love to wind up a humdrum winter’s workday by sipping a beverage, chatting with friends – and listening to an author of a well-known book talk about her work in a casual setting? The ...

THE PAINTED GIRLS, by Cathy Marie Buchanan. Riverhead, 353 pp., $27.95 Edgar Degas' wax-and-fabric statuette "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" has held the curiosity of millions in its 28 bronze ...

Cathy Marie Buchanan grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario, and her debut novel is a paean to the Niagara River and its famous falls, as much a love story between author and river as between star-crossed ...

Edgar Degas's wax-and-fabric statuette "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" has held the curiosity of millions in its 28 bronze reproductions, but far fewer know the heart-rending history of the model, Marie ...

The belle epoque was not particularly belle if you were poor and female — like the young girl who modeled for Edgar Degas' famous sculpture, The... The Seedy Underbelly Of The Belle Epoque, 'Painted' ...