I am not going to share the cover design, but I cannot resist sharing the painting that inspired me. It is the painting that matters:

Thank you, Ruth!

Ruth Hunter is a painter in oils and cold wax who lives and works in Portland, Oregon. I first met her and fell for her work in the Waterstone Gallery earlier this year. She has chosen to allow me to use the image above—a generous choice. To me this woman sitting patiently in the weeds is Gena, my primary character in All the Daughters Sing. I love Ruth’s work, from the first one I saw to everything on her website, but this one… pure magic for me.

Go have a look at the work of Ruth Hunter. She has a show coming up next month (November 2023) in the Citron Gallery in Asheville, North Carolina. Wish I were there.