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Miss O'Keeffe

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In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O'Keeffe, then ninety-six. Also an artist, Patten served as nurse, cook, companion, and friend to the older woman. This intimate account of the year of Patten's employment offers a rare glimpse of O'Keeffe's daily life when she could no longer see well enough to paint.
Christine Taylor Patten is an artist who lives in northern New Mexico. Alvaro Cardona-Hine is a poet and translator. He also lives in northern New Mexico.
An extraordinary paean to dignity and grace in old age . . . a compelling portrait. Evokes the spirit of simplicity and contentment that makes both New Mexico and Georgia OKeeffe enchanting. "Evokes the spirit of simplicity and contentment that makes both New Mexico and Georgia O'Keeffe enchanting."
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