In 1970, after living and working as a painter in France for ten years, Marjorie moved to Rome, Italy with her daughter Danielle. In 1978 she returned to the United States and settled in New York City. In 1980, AlphaDabbles, her first art book for children, was published by Pantheon Books and in 1995, 123 What Do You See? was published by Longmeadow Press. Her paintings are represented in private and public collections in the United States and Europe.
Please visit www.marjorieprice.com for an overview of her art work and an introduction to her memoir, A Gift From Brittany.]]>
“The House of the Spirits, ” by Isabel Allende
“Love in the Time of Cholera, ” Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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My latest online interview is at Visual Arts Junction, here: http://www.visualartsjunction.com/?p=382...
A radio interview I did last year on Houston Public Radio, KUHF, is available on my website: http://www.marjorieprice.com/appearances...
I thoroughly enjoy interviews regardless of the format. It’s gratifying for an author to connect with readers or with people who are interested in finding out about what you’ve written. Especially enjoyable is when you connect with people who have read the book, are enthusiastic about it, and ask insightful questions.
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Monday, September 14
RJ Julia Booksellers
768 Boston Post Road
Madison, CT
7:00 PM
Tuesday, September 15
Cheshire Library
104 Main Street
Cheshire, CT
7:00 PM
Monday, September 21
Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY
6:30 PM
Below you'll find a brief summary of my memoir, which recounts a definitive time period in my life while living in rural Brittany, France in the 1960s:
Marjorie “Midge” Price, an aspiring artist in her late twenties, leaves the comfort of her Chicago suburb in 1960 to travel alone to France. Once in Paris, dazzled by everything French, she falls in love and marries an exciting French painter named Yves. When Yves buys half of a remote and ancient hamlet in the Breton countryside, Midge finds herself in an unfamiliar world where modern comforts are nonexistent and where the lives and customs of the villagers have changed little since the Middle Ages. “A Gift from Brittany” is Price’s own story of the artistic passion that brought her to a new country, and two transformative relationships that would change the course of her life forever.
Artistic passion, an ancient culture and two transformative relationships.]]>
Above are the two covers for my memoir, "A Gift from Brittany," which tells of the years I lived on an ancient village in France during the 1960s. On the left is the hardcover, with one of the watercolors I did while living on the farm. Of course I was delighted that the publisher chose one of my own paintings for the cover. For the paperback version, however, the publisher decided upon a photograph because they felt it would be more eye catching. I was happy with both but I'm curious: which cover do you find more appealing?
To learn more about my book, please visit my website.]]>