Mrs Van Gogh: The breathtaking historical novel inspired by the true story of the woman who made Van Gogh famous

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I, like the Johanna in the novel, initially didn’t like the Vincent portrayed but eventually came to understand why he was like he was and in the end I had sympathy and empathy for him.

She became custodian of Vincent's work after the death of her husband, Vincent's brother, not long after his death. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. You won’t be disappointed - the tale of such a remarkable woman who became the caretaker of the Van Gogh legacy.

Vincent van Gogh as a subject in popular culture is well known, but recently Jo van Gogh-Bonger has also been a focus. No mention of IRL Bonger’s spunky personality, no acknowledgement of the objectively funny circumstances, only descriptions of Dresses and Boy Troubles and the occasional “Oh Yeah Fuck Bonger-Van Gogh was a feminist wasn’t she I should talk about women for a second shouldnt I.

this was a beautifully done historical novel, it was so well written and did everything that I was hoping for from the description.

While there Van Eeden viewed Vincent's paintings in Jo and Theo's apartment and wrote glowingly about them. For in the routine of daily life there is so little time to reflect, and sometimes days go by when I don’t actually live, but let life happen to me, and that’s terrible. The authors writing style was excellent, the story easy to follow and I thought the book flowed seamlessly.

She spent three years in New York, living on the Upper West Side and Queens from 1915 to 1919, where she began the work of translating Vincent's letters into English. I felt her characters were portrayed so well they became so vividly alive and literally jumped out of the pages and I could imagine them in my mind when reading. As a lover of Vincent's artwork I was interested to read a story telling of his sister-in-law's efforts to bring his paintings to the attention of the art world.

There were moments in the story when I truly did not like Vincent: especially with some of the comments he made in his dialogue. If it takes until my very last breath, one day, every single artist, art lover and art critic in the world will know the name Vincent van Gogh. Disclaimer: My posts often include affiliate links, which means that I receive a small commission for any purchase made through my links, but with no extra charge to you. They lived in a man’s world, and daring to be different, and to step out of the dutiful housewife role had such huge effects on their lives, and not in a positive way. Caroline Cauchi knows how to capture the reader’s attention with her vivid and original imaginings of what might have happened during the years when Johanna was a part of their lives.