#RivetingReads: Jennifer Sarha recommends BEING HERE: THE LIFE OF PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER by Marie Darrieussecq

A fascinating reconstruction of the life of a fairly unknown female painter.

Recommended by Jennifer Sarha

BEING HERE: THE LIFE OF PAULA MODERSOHN-BECKER

Written by Marie Darrieussecq

Translated from the French by Penny Hueston

Published by Text Publishing (2017)

Jennifer Sarha leads an exciting double life: she’s a researcher of obscure European history by night, a wrangler of research funding applications by day. In her remaining free time she is attempting to learn all the languages in the world. Her Twitter handle is @necverbum and she blogs on https://necverbumverbo.blogspot.co.uk/