Marianne Gage's spirited novel takes us on a whirlwind tour of a Bay Area painter's life, from her creative struggles during the '60s to her successes thirty years later. Along the way, Natalie's friendships with the seven women who posed for her, inspired her, and supported her, become the source of a troubling mystery-one that leads to the unraveling of her life, but also to her reinvention.