Life Drawing

Life Drawing by Emily Lighezzolo is an award-winning contemporary literary novel that looks hard at women’s bodies, sex, autonomy and the power of being seen. Provocative without being showy, it’s the kind of book that keeps asking you questions long after you’ve turned the page.

Maisie and Charlie meet in a university life-drawing class—she’s modelling, he’s making art—and that first spark threads through the next two decades. As their lives shift, the novel traces the changing terms of intimacy: friendship and distance, loyalty and betrayal, and the quiet ways family histories shape what we think we’re allowed to want.

Set against the world of art and the gaze, Life Drawing explores desire, consent and the uneasy line between muse and maker.

Perfect for readers of feminist fiction, Australian literary fiction and character-driven stories that are unafraid to get under the skin.

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