From bestselling author B.A. Shapiro, The Lost Masterpiece is a story of love, adultery, betrayal, longing, family secrets, and the birth of Impressionism.

Set partly in Paris in the late 1800s, the novel explores the life of female artist Berthe Morisot when it was completely improper for a woman to paint seriously. On top of that, she carried on a passionate affair with Édouard Manet, the creator of the painting at the center of this narrative: "Party on the Seine."

Readers are hungry for stories about unsung women, and Berthe Morisot was one of the founders of Impressionism, yet today she remains less well known than Manet, Degas, Renoir, and others, even though these artists considered her an equal. Shapiro restores this brilliant painter to her rightful place in history