Sargent's Daughters »

One of the most celebrated painters of his day, John Singer Sargent defines for many the style, optimism and opulence of turn-of-the-century America. Among his renowned ...

The New York Times - Megan Marshall

Sargent makes you feel simultaneously drawn into and excluded from the sisters' world, a phenomenon that Erica E. Hirshler…explores in intriguing detail in her new book, Sargent's Daughters. "From this singular picture," she explains, "a novel unfolds." And her "biography" of this painting—written after she documented the Boit sisters' lives and researched every significant detail in the painting…is that thoroughly absorbing novel.