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Katie Ward's 'Girl Reading' unfolds complex worlds, both ancient and future Mar 10th 2012, 02:53 Katie Ward's first book takes its inspiration from a handful of paintings, drawings and photographs. Though labeled a novel, "Girl Reading" is more an intricately woven collection of stories, each centered on an image of a woman holding a book, the first set in the 14th century, the last in the future. A young girl in 1333, for instance, is pulled from a convent to pose for Simone Martini's "Annunciation." Prey to a persuasive suitor, she becomes pregnant. In a contemporary story, a female staffer in Parliament worries that her aspirations to become an MP may be hampered by marriage to the wrong man. She confesses this concern at a bar to an amateur photographer who posts her picture on Flickr. Read full article >>

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