The June Paintings

Blaze Collection

By: Maggie Shipstead

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

On a remote island, an unfulfilled young female painter finds a singular kind of inspiration in this cunning short story about identity and empowerment by New York Times bestselling author Maggie Shipstead.

June Tremblay is struggling to find herself as a painter when she accepts a summer job as assistant to renowned artist Hiram Lammergeier on his private island off the Maine coast. The reclusive legend has one peculiar rule: under no circumstances is June to create any art of her own. Caught between her need to paint and her desire for Lammergeier, June rebels, and her transgression sets off a chain of retaliation that will shape the rest of her life.

Maggie Shipstead’s The June Paintings is part of Blaze, a collection of short stories about incendiary women across the decades who dare to defy convention. They can be read or listened to in one sitting.

©2024 Maggie Shipstead. (P)2024 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Great story!

I’m not sure what I was expecting but this surpassed whatever I thought it was going to be. Excellent story. Well written and well narrated.

Not the biggest fan

Don't get me wrong, it is an intriguing enough story that I wanted to know what would happen next, but I was so disappointed by the series of events. Granted, I understand that given the time June's behavior is reflective of the period . . . Still didn't care for it.

3.5 stars

Literary fiction at its finest. A tiny masterpiece.

Loved it all. Not a single misstep. Luminous, intelligent and thought provoking. Like all fine art.

A perfectly constructed short story. The reader enhanses the pleasure of the experience.

Loved the experience of listening of Maggie Shipstead’s fine writing. The lack of sentimentality and droll, annoying, cool. characters reveal the fact that relationship is basically transactional.

Interesting

Well that’s one way to go under the radar this definitely was an interesting story now I love June even more.