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The June Paintings

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The June Paintings

By: Maggie Shipstead
Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
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On a remote island, an unfulfilled young female painter finds a singular kind of inspiration in this cunning short story about identity and empowerment by New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shipstead.

June Tremblay is struggling to find herself as a painter when she accepts a summer job as assistant to renowned artist Hiram Lammergeier on his private island off the Maine coast. The reclusive legend has one peculiar rule: under no circumstances is June to create any art of her own. Caught between her need to paint and her desire for Lammergeier, June rebels, and her transgression sets off a chain of retaliation that will shape the rest of her life.

Maggie Shipstead’s The June Paintings is part of Blaze, a collection of short stories about incendiary women across the decades who dare to defy convention. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

©2024 Maggie Shipstead. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Anthologies & Short Stories Historical Fiction Short Stories Women's Fiction
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Loved the experience of listening of Maggie Shipstead’s fine writing. The lack of sentimentality and droll, annoying, cool. characters reveal the fact that relationship is basically transactional.

A perfectly constructed short story. The reader enhanses the pleasure of the experience.

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I liked how it made me think reflectively about the characters… a nice short story…

Interesting

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I’m not sure what I was expecting but this surpassed whatever I thought it was going to be. Excellent story. Well written and well narrated.

Great story!

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Don't get me wrong, it is an intriguing enough story that I wanted to know what would happen next, but I was so disappointed by the series of events. Granted, I understand that given the time June's behavior is reflective of the period . . . Still didn't care for it.

3.5 stars

Not the biggest fan

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Loved it all. Not a single misstep. Luminous, intelligent and thought provoking. Like all fine art.

Literary fiction at its finest. A tiny masterpiece.

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Well that’s one way to go under the radar this definitely was an interesting story now I love June even more.

Interesting

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This short story had a slow start but the twist made up for it. it was a decent read

unexpected twist

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Major eyeroll at Fritz Fox. What a bore. There was zero chemistry between June and Lammergeier. I didn’t understand why she started an affair with him. This was an odd story and fell flat for me.
An Amazon Original, part of the Kindle Unlimited catalog.

Meh

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