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Attribution: A Novel
Attribution: A Novel
Attribution: A Novel
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Attribution: A Novel

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2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Winner in Literary Fiction
2023 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist in Contemporary Novel
2023 IPPY Awards Gold Medalist Winner
2023 NIEA Winner in Literary Fiction
2023 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Winner
2022 CIBA Somerset Book Awards First Place Winner  

“...superb descriptions of Spain, its cities and museums, and seventeenth century art—as well as the often cut-throat world of graduate school. The ensuing intrigue is fast-paced, fun to read, hard to put down.”
—Midwest Book Review

“Gorgeously written. . . . Moore’s book is a winner.”
—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author of Pictures of YouWith or Without You

Art historian Cate Adamson, desperate to succeed to console her grieving parents, leaves the Midwest to complete her doctorate in New York—only to find herself assigned to an impossible sexist advisor. She struggles to impress him until she discovers a hidden painting, possibly a Baroque masterpiece. Risking her career, financial disaster, and further alienation from her family, she flees to Spain with the painting to consult art experts.

Antonio, an impoverished duke, meets Cate on the train to Seville, and joins her search while attempting to rescue the decaying legacy of his family. They find clues and uncover evidence that will shock the titans of art history, may destroy her prospects as an art historian, and shatter her future with Antonio.

Written with vivid prose, rich references to seventeenth century Spanish art, compelling characters and a historical puzzle, Attribution is the story of one contemporary woman’s journey to understand the past and unlock her future.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateOct 11, 2022
ISBN9781647422547
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Linda Moore

Linda Moore is an author, traveler, and recovering gallery owner. Her gallery featured contemporary artists from Latin American, Spain, and the United States and she has exhibited at numerous art fairs, including in Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and Madrid. Attribution, her debut novel was an IBPA finalist in Ben Franklin Awards for General Fiction, Eric Hoffer honorable mention winner in General Fiction, on the 2022 Sarton Book Awards Short List in Contemporary Fiction, winner of Somerset Award in Literary and Contemporary Fiction and a 2022 International Book Awards Finalist in Best New Fiction, among other distinctions. She has published award-winning exhibition catalogs and her writing has appeared in art journals and anthologies. She resides with her book-collecting husband in San Diego and is working hard on her next novel in their vacation cottage on Kauai.

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  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
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    A tale of a grad student who discovers a painting and needs proper attribution to prove what she suspects. Unusually, the protagonist is the only significant female character, and I would have liked to know the secondary characters better. A good fast read and the plot moves along.
  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    A tale of a grad student who discovers a painting and needs proper attribution to prove what she suspects. Unusually, the protagonist is the only significant female character, and I would have liked to know the secondary characters better. A good fast read and the plot moves along.
  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Cate is a struggling art history major. She cannot get her professor to give her credit or the attention she deserves. He only believes that the male art history students have what it takes. He is constantly shooting down Cate and her ideas for her thesis. However, during one of her jobs of cleaning out a storage room at her school, she discovers a rare painting. So, over Christmas break she decides to slip this beautiful painting out of the school and she takes it to Spain to have it analyzed.Cate is a strong female character which I adored. Now, she has some ideas which she should have thought through. But, she is smart even if she is impetuous.I absolutely loved learning about the art and the history of the painting. Add in the surprise surrounding the painting and you have a pretty dang good mystery unfolding in these pages!Need a good artistic quest…THIS IS IT! Grab your copy today!I received this novel from the publisher for a honest review.

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