Georgia Rises: A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe

How it reads

Georgia Rises: A Day in the Life of Georgia O'Keeffe is biography (illustrated artist biography, specifically), and its dominant mood is hopeful. Whatever it puts its people through, it believes things can get better. The pace is moderate — neither a page-turner nor a slow burn — so it holds up whether you read it in long sittings or short ones.

It's set in a rural setting, in the historical past, told in the third person, staying close to one character. Its central concerns are art and creativity, identity and nature. In weight it sits in the middle: substantial without being heavy going.

It stands alone, so there's nothing else you need to read first or after. The ending resolves happily. At 40 pages it's a single-sitting book. It's moderately known: read by plenty of people, but not a household name.