The Horn Book Guide

THE ARTS

Greenberg, Jan , Jordan, Sandra

Runaway Girl: The Artist Louise Bourgeois

80 pp. | Abrams | April, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-8109-4237-2 $$19.95

(2) YA Bourgeois demonstrates an artist's ability to find her voice based not on external events but on an inner self formed largely from childhood experience. Fifteen pages of backmatter (including an essay on how to look at sculpture) allow the authors to attend to their subject without stopping to explain the basics. Bourgeois's emotional honesty and the authors' infectious admiration create an uplifting book. Timeline. Bib., glos., ind.

Reviewer: Lolly Robinson | Horn Book Magazine Issue: July, 2003