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NEWS FROM SHE WRITES PRESS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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Book Title

The Vow

Author

Jude Berman

Publication Date

October 15th, 2024

Publisher

She Writes Press

Pages

368

Genre

Biographical Historical Fiction

BERKELEY, CA, October 15, 2024

She Writes Press will release The Vow, a historical fiction novel by Berkeley artist and author Jude Berman.

In a stunning work of feminist historical fiction for readers who loved Dawn Tripp’s Georgia and Whitney Scharer’s The Age of Light, Jude Berman brings painter Angelica Kauffman to life.

Accused of dressing as a boy to study in the prestigious galleries of eighteenth-century Italy, child prodigy Angelica Kauffman has set high goals for herself. She is determined to become a history painter, a career off-limits to women. To ensure her success, she has vowed never to marry.

Shattering the glass ceiling of her times, Kauffman paints royalty, mingles with illustrious artists, and becomes one of the only female founders of the Royal Academy of Arts in London. But her path is fraught with challenges and eventually, she questions if a vow of a different sort is necessary if she is to answer the deepest call of her heart.

**Finalist for Historical Fiction at the 2024 American Fiction Awards**

“Jude Berman has created a spirited, engaging glimpse into the life of one of the most important artists of the eighteenth century. Kauffman was a true free spirit, dedicated to her art, and that is captured beautifully in this novel.”—Susanne Dunlap, author of The Portraitist: A Novel of Adélaïde Labille-Guiard

“With skillful prose and classical descriptions, Berman paints a vivid portrait of a woman defying the constraints of her time, making this novel an unforgettable masterpiece in its own right.” —Joanne Howard, author of Sleeping in the Sun

Universal Buy Link

https://books2read.com/u/br2a8w

Publisher’s Buy Link

https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Vow/Jude-Berman/9781647427887

Jude Berman has a BA in art from Smith College and an EdD in cross-cultural communication from UMass Amherst. After a career in academic research, she built a freelance writing and editing business and ran two small Indie presses. She lives in Berkeley, CA, where she continues to work with authors and write fiction.

In her free time, she volunteers for progressive causes, paints with acrylic watercolors, gardens, and meditates. The Die, metaphysical speculative fiction about saving democracy, was published in 2024.

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