Bois de Boulogne was available as a free download to Kobo users residing in Canada for a limited time only. Bois de Boulogne, 1878. Apprenticed into the Paris Opéra Ballet School for seventeen francs a week, young Marie van Goethem attracts the eye of two powerful men: the artist Edgar Degas, for whom she models, and the enigmatic Monsieur Lefebvre. Both will play pivotal roles in her future. A digital original short story, Bois de Boulogne tells the tale at the heart of Cathy Marie Buchanan's novel The Painted Girls - the day Marie is introduced to Monsieur Lefebvre for the first time, setting her on a dangerous path.
Author
New York Times bestseller and book club favourite Cathy Marie Buchanan is the author of three novels. Her most recent, Daughter of Black Lake, was chosen as a Best Fiction for Fall by Entertainment Weekly and Parade magazine. Her previous novel, The Painted Girls, was a New York Times bestseller, a #1 national bestseller in Canada, and was named a best book of the year by NPR, Good Housekeeping and Goodreads. Her debut novel, The Day the Falls Stood Still, was a New York Times bestseller, a Barnes & Noble Recommends selection and a Canada Reads Top 40 Essential Canadian Novels of the Decade. Her work has been translated into nine languages. Buchanan holds a BSc (Honours Biochemistry) and an MBA from Western University, and recently became a certified yoga instructor. She lives in Toronto. Connect with Cathy Marie on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/cathymariebuc...) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/cathymbucha...).
