The Unfinished Life of Addison Stone
by Adele Griffin
—Adele Griffin
REVIEWS...
"[An] intricate, intoxicating novel [...] This compelling story can be read on many levels, from a multi-voiced meditation on a brief, bright life in the Big Apple to an exploration of the biographer's almost impossible task: the discovery and distillation of another's complex self." --Washington Post
"An acute examination of a young woman's troubled mind as much as it's a mystery [...] that she remains an enigma, even at the fascinating novel's end, somehow makes Addison's death all the more harrowing." --Boston Globe
"A layered homage to the tortured painter, but also an exercise in structure and discipline, complete with pictures, paintings, media clips and more." --Parade
"Resembles an in-depth article one might read in The New Yorker [...] a compelling fictional biography." --Shelf Awareness (starred review)
"A compelling look at the dark underbelly of the Manic Pixie Dream Girl fantasy, an exploration of the way a magnetic personality can imbalance relationships [...] There’s no shortage of romance in the portrayal of Addison [...] but perceptive readers will see beyond the glamour to the simmering dysfunction." --The Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books
"A terrific experiment, something fresh and hard to put down. It gives a sense of both the artistic temperament and the nature of madness — and the sometimes thin line in between." --Booklist (starred review)
"Snippets of interviews sprinkled with color photographs and paintings form a portrait of a sassy and troubled young woman [...an] indictment of the shallowness of contemporary cultural life." --Kirkus Reviews
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