GREEN BROOK COUNTRY CLUB’S BOOK CLUB SERIES ANNOUNCING “THE PAINTED GIRLS” BOOK REVIEW PRESENTED BY NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLING AUTHOR, CATHY MARIE BUCHANAN & SUMPTUOUS LUNCHEON

The Book Review & Luncheon will be hosted at Green Brook Country Club.

• Sumptuous Luncheon- Meeting & Greeting Author


• Author Presentation at 12:30pm


• Question & Answer Session


• Personalized Book Signing


• Complimentary Valet Parking

Cathy Marie Buchanan's books will be available to purchase and have signed at this Book Review Event

The Painted Girls is based on the early lives of three Van Goethem sisters: Antoinette, Marie and Charlotte. After their father’s death, Marie and Charlotte are accepted into the dance school of the Paris Opera. The eldest sister, Antoinette, already employed there as an extra, Marie models for Degas as he sculpts Little Dancer Aged Fourteen. (Google an image of this sculpture for a better understanding of the plot and the statement Degas made in his sculpture.) Antoinette makes difficult choices between honest work and dangerous love. The book contains some salacious scenes used to depict the depravity of young Parisian girls used in beastly manners by men.

A heartrending, gripping novel set in belle époque Paris and inspired by the real-life model for Degas’s Little Dancer Aged 14 and by the era’s most famous criminal trials. Following their father’s sudden death, the Van Goethem sisters find their lives upended. Without his wages, and with the small amount their laundress mother earns disappearing into the absinthe bottle, eviction seems imminent. With few options for work, Marie is dispatched to the Paris Opera, where she will be trained to enter the famous Ballet and meet Edgar Degas. Her older sister, Antoinette, finds employment—and the love of a dangerous young man—as an extra in a stage adaptation of Emile Zola’s Naturalist masterpiece L’Assommoir. Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change, The Painted Girls is a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of “civilized society.”

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Reservations are limited and will be accepted on a first come, first served basis. Tables seat 12 and reservations may be made as an individual, small group or for a complete table. (Please indicate whom you would like to be seated with). All seating will be assigned.

Your check must be included to hold your reservation IMMEDIATELY.  

If you have any questions please email Marlene Cohen, Book Club Chairperson at mmlc2926@aol.com. We must have names, emails, addresses and phone numbers of all guests.

Please make checks payable to: Green Brook Country Club

Mail to: Green Brook Country Club   Attn: Book Club

100 Greenbrook Road. North Caldwell, NJ 07006

**No Refunds or Transfers**

• The Book Club is open to the public, all guests are welcome.


• Car pooling is strongly preferred


• Contact number (973)228-1800 x 234