Art Boss

by Erin Gough

Artist Piper Perish has moved from her hometown of Houston, Texas, to New York City. Her days are spent exploring; her nights are filled with painting. It's her lifelong dream come true . . . . Except life in the city isn't as glamorous as it looks from afar. Piper's high-pressure work as an assistant to a famous modern artist takes away time from her own art. And Piper's new friend Grace, a budding activist, has Piper beginning to wonder if making great art is really enough.



In a story that stands alone but can be read as a companion novel to Piper Perish, acclaimed author Kayla Cagan returns with Piper's powerful and utterly authentic journey of growing up into a strong, independent young woman-as she learns how to make life about art, and how to make that art matter. Art Boss will have readers asking big questions along with Piper. What is art for? What can art do? And how can a young artist change the world?

• ISBN13: 9781452160375
• Publish Date: 2 October 2018 (first published 4 April 2017)
• Publish Status: Out of Print
• Out of Print: 4 March 2021
• Publish Country: US
• Imprint: Chronicle Books
• Format: Hardcover
• Pages: 384
• Language: English
• URL: https://abramsandchronicle.co.uk/book/9781452160375-art-boss/

Reviews

[Leah]

You know when you start a book and you’re just SO SURE you’re going to love it? Well, that’s exactly how I felt about Get It Together, Delilah! It’s so sweet, so much fun, so quick to whizz through because Delilah, or Del, actually, is just the most amazing MC you’ll ever come across. I loved how forthright she was about everything – her sexuality, her dad’s cafe, she just took on the world without any hesitancy and that was amazing. It’s one of those books that just makes you so freaking happy. Plus yay for Aussie contemporaries because, damn, those are hard to find!

Not only is Delilah an epic, epic girl – I literally wanted to beg her to be my best friend, I swear but she also has some pretty amazing friends herself. Charlie, first off, is the best friend to end all best friends – they have adventures (that may or may not end in Charlie punching someone), he helps her with the Flywheel, he listens to Delilah when she talks about Rosa, it was just the easiest friendship, ever. Then there’s Lauren, Lucas, Micha, and all the Flywheel regulars who chip in to help Del. There’s this real sense of community, ignoring the fact there’s a competing cafe, they were all just idiots who needed a punch in the face (Hey, Charlie, finally someone for you to punch for good reasons).

But what really made the book for me was Del and Rosa. *Happy sigh* Right from the start, when Del is watching Rosa dance, it just made me feel so happy. It was just so sweet and touching! And then when they get to know each other *More happy sighs*. It really was a bit of a balm for Del, after what had happened previously, with Georgina (and boy did I want her to get some comeuppance) and while Del does kinda push everyone away, I liked that she came to her senses (eventually) and got her friends back, and didn’t irrevocably ruin everything. Get It Together, Delilah! is easily one of my favourite contemporaries. It had everything, INCLUDING caramel milkshakes. It had romance, laughter, friendship, beating the odds, overcoming adversity, all that good stuff that makes a book so unputdownable. You *must* read this book! It was just… everything.