Johanna Porter Is Not Sorry

by Sara Read Narrated by Marni Penning

Overview

“Laugh out loud funny and poignant. I loved it!”-LORI FOSTER, New York Times bestselling author

Johanna is not a thief-and she is definitely not sorry.
In the back room at an elite gallery party, 40-something soccer mom Johanna Porter stands face to face with her younger self. The girl in the portrait, La Rosa Blanca, is fierce and fearless, and Johanna sees the great painter she almost was before her lover, the powerful artist Nestor Pinedo, torched her career.

When she cuts the million-dollar masterpiece out of its frame, rolls it up and walks out, it's not a theft. It's a rescue.

Hiding out in a shack on the Chesapeake Bay with La Rosa Blanca looking on, Johanna tries to paint again, but encounters only the cringe-worthy atrophy of her talent. When she reluctantly goes sailing with the injured surgeon two houses away, and chemistry flares between the struggling misanthropes, Johanna realizes that to fulfill the promise of her younger self, she's got to quit playing it safe.

Battling novice-thief paranoia, impostor syndrome and mom guilt, she can stay one step ahead of the law. But it will take an act of desperation to become the woman La Rosa Blanca was meant to be.

“Vivid, visceral, and sexy-I loved it.”-JEN DEVON, author of Bend Toward the Sun

Don't miss Sara Read's next captivating book, Principles of Emotion, a smart, poignant STEMinist novel perfect for fans of Lessons in Chemistry

Editorial Reviews

MARCH 2024 - AudioFile

Marni Penning narrates one woman's personal takedown of the art world. After stealing a famous portrait painted of her more than 20 years earlier, Johanna Porter must come to terms with her past, present, and future as an artist. Penning deftly navigates all the complex emotions Johanna feels when coming face-to-face with both her former mentor/lover and the famous portrait of herself: rage, grief, embarrassment, guilt, shame, and hard-won indifference. As Penning steers Johanna through the agony of working on both her art and herself while also navigating the realities of being an art thief on the lam, her portrayal of the relationship between Johanna and her teenage daughter, Mel, is astonishing in its palpable authenticity. K.M.P. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2024, Portland, Maine

Product Details

BN ID:	2940175933971
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	03/07/2023
Edition description:	Unabridged

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