New York: Permanent Press and Seven Stories Press, (2001). dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - Novel about the American impressionist painter Mary Cassatt in the voice of her older sister Lydia. Set in Paris in the late 18970's when Mary was at the height of her powers and Lydia was dying of Bright's disease, this is a brief but compelling novel. Each chapter is inspired by, and illustrated with a full color plate of, one of Mary's portraits of her sister. INSCRIBED on the title page. 163 pp. ISBN: 1-58322-2723.