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June 25, 1964 in The United States

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Martha McPhee graduated from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine and received her M.F.A. from Columbia University.

She is the author of four novels: Dear Money; L'America; Gorgeous Lies; and Bright Angel Time. Her work has been honored with and supported by a National Endowment for the Arts grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Gorgeous Lies was a finalist for a National Book Award in 2002. She lives in New York City with her husband and two children, and teaches at Hofstra University.

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Bernini’s Beloved

My brilliant sister Sarah has a new and astonishing book.

“Enthralling. . . . McPhee’s book is rich in historical detail, and truly an original contribution that will be welcomed by scholars, students, and general readers.”—Elizabeth Cropper, Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, National Gallery of Art

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Average rating: 3.11 · 445 ratings · 113 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Dear Money 3.10 avg rating — 118 ratings — published 2010 — 11 editions	My rating:
	L'America 3.05 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Bright Angel Time 3.19 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 1997 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Gorgeous Lies 2.65 avg rating — 69 ratings — published 2002 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Girls: Ordinary Girls and Their Extraordinary Pursuits by Jenny McPhee (Goodreads Author), Laura McPhee, Martha McPhee (Goodreads Author) 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	Open City #13 by Nick Tosches, Sam Lipsyte (Goodreads Author), Martha McPhee (Goodreads Author) 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2001	My rating:
	Becoming Myself: Reflections on Growing Up Female by Willa Shalit (Editor), Maya Angelou (Contributor), Lisa Bernhard (Contributor) 3.51 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2006 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Crossing the Threshold of Hope by Pope John Paul II, Martha McPhee (Goodreads Author), Jenny McPhee (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 775 ratings — published 1994 — 23 editions	My rating:
	Open City (Issue #2) by Thomas Beller (Editor), Joanna Yas (Editor), Martha McPhea 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:

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