The Collector's Apprentice by BA Shapiro; 4 stars

[Amy]

I loved this twisty historical fiction tale. A young girl, devasted by her lover stealing her father's art collection, breaking her heart, and implicating her into the scheme, tarnishing her reputation, and broke her from her family, knows only art. She reinvents herself in Paris, and later America and Phildelphia, the book jumps between the two, by becoming the valued assistant and collaborator and colleague of Edwin Bradley, a renown collector and museum and school benefactor. She grows close with both Gertrude Stein and Henri Matisse. But the scandal of the past follows her, as does the man.

This has been on my TBR for an age. As usual, a challenge (with my friends) has allowed me to finally read it, and it was worth the wait. I really enjoyed it.