Anne Girard

Madame Picasso


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      Novelist Anne Girard brings to life the mesmerizing and untold story of Eva Gouel, the unforgettable woman who stole the heart of the greatest artist of our time.

      When Eva Gouel moves to Paris from the countryside, she is full of ambition and dreams of stardom. Though young and inexperienced, she manages to find work as a costumer at the famous Moulin Rouge, and it is here that she first catches the attention of Pablo Picasso, a rising star in the art world.

      A brilliant but eccentric artist, Picasso sets his sights on Eva, and Eva can’t help but be drawn into his web. But what starts as a torrid affair soon evolves into what will become the first great love of Picasso’s life. With sparkling insight and passion, Madame Picasso introduces us to a dazzling heroine, taking us from the salon of Gertrude Stein to the glamorous Moulin Rouge and inside the studio and heart of one of the most enigmatic and iconic artists of the twentieth century.

      Madame Picasso

      Anne Girard

      

      

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      For Stephen Robert

      Contents

       Cover

       Back Cover Text

       Title Page

       Dedication

       Part II

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Chapter 25

       Chapter 26

       Chapter 27

       Chapter 28

       Chapter 29

       Chapter 30

       Chapter 31

       Part III

       Chapter 32

       Chapter 33

       Chapter 34

       Chapter 35

       Author’s Note

       Acknowledgments

       Reader’s Guide

       Questions for Discussion

       A Conversation with Anne Girard

       Copyright

       Part I

      Ambition, Art, Passion

      We knew very well that we were damned,

      But hope of love along the way

      Made both of us think

      Of what the Gypsy did prophesy.

      —Guillaume Apollinaire

       Chapter 1

      Paris, France, May 1911

      Eva dashed around the corner, whirling by the splashing fountain on the place Pigalle at exactly half past two. Intolerably