A novel by Rochelle Ratner
July 1, 1991 5.5 x 8.5 176 pages 978-0-918273-87-1
The Lions Share is an uncommon love story, a delving into the creative process, and a forum for issues of arts censorship and recovery from childhood sexual abuse.
This story of late-blooming love, set against the obstacles of career, artistic expression and the scare of previous relationships, is closely observed and sensitively told. Living and breathing New Yorks SoHo art scene, Jana, a career-minded painter has just met Ed, a soft-hearted arts funder. She is faced with juggling a budding relationship with her studio painting, and the biggest challenge in her tenure as the curator of a small art gallery.
The 34-year-old virgin could be ready to begin a serious relationship, but why is she suddenly bombarded with memories, dormant for so long, of a childhood summer in a camp infirmary? Ed may succeed in providing himself to Jana, but will his corporate employer interfere with her controversial art exhibition thereby destroying their already delicate relationship?