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Praise for feast your eyes

“Wrenchingly intimate . . . Goldberg’s passionate depiction of Lillian rings heartbreakingly true at a moment when discussions of emotional labor dominate certain sectors of the media and writers like Kim Brooks and Claire Vaye Watkins write viral essays contemplating whether it is truly possible to be both an artist and a mother.”

—The New York Times

“Lively and vivid . . . Goldberg expertly differentiates the voices of [her characters]. . . . Fascinating.”

—Minneapolis Star Tribune

“With cleverness and imagination, vivid historical detail, and great heart, this catalogue tells the story of Lillian’s life. . . . Feast Your Eyes becomes a universal and profound story of love and loss.”

—Newsday

“The action in Feast Your Eyes unfurls entirely in program notes for a retrospective of Lillian’s work in the Museum of Modern Art . . . Through this collage comes a gripping portrait of Lillian: a fierce mother, a fierce artist, and a woman crucified for both.”

—Refinery29

“A mother-daughter story, an art-monster story, and an exciting structural gambit.”

—Lit Hub

“This is a novel of infinite depth, of caring authenticity both intimate and societal, of mothers and daughters, art and pain, and transcendent love.”

—Booklist (starred review)

“A riveting portrait of an artist who happens to be a woman.”

—Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

“This story is feminist at its core. . . . A strong book club pick.”

—Library Journal

“Goldberg evocatively profiles a brilliant woman whose identities—as woman, artist, and mother—are inseparable from one another. . . . A memorable portrait of one artist’s life.”

—Publishers Weekly

“This is an unflinching, deeply moving portrait of the artist, and a bravura performance in and of itself. I loved this book.”

—Joshua Ferris, author of Then We Came to the End and To Rise Again at a Decent Hour

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Dedication

To Megan;

to friendship.

Introduction

I was ten when I saw it, Pops sitting across the breakfast table with his Daily News and his cigarette. I looked up from my cornflakes, and there it was, staring at me from the front page: a little kid in her underwear with black bars printed over her eyes and her chest. She was holding out a glass of milk to some woman lying on a bed, and there was a dark spot on the sheet between the woman’s legs. The headline above the photo was the same monster size they used when JFK got shot the year before.

Judge Rules . . . MOMMY IS SICK