title: Strange Beauty: A Portrait of My Son
author:  Eliza Factor 
description: "In evocative, vivid prose, she brings to life her own heart, the heart of her sonand, by extension, the hearts of her readers."Andrew Solomon, author of <i>Far From the Tree<br /><br /></i>"There is inspiration in here for social thinkers, for designers, psychologists, parents, entrepreneurs.... Her command of the pen and understanding of the mechanics of the heart make this a read ripe with riches.... I dare you to come out of this book unchanged."Lulu Miller, co-host of NPR's <i>Invisibilia</i><br /><br />"An aching, raw, honest, exquisitely written memoir of art, parenting, and the unexpected places life takes you." Marie Myung-Ok Lee, author of <i>Somebody's Daughter</i><br /><br />"So moving and thought provoking about the deepest things: the value of life, the varieties of communication... beautiful."Rebecca Mead, <i>New Yorker</i> staff writer and <i>New York Times</i>-bestselling author of <i>My Life in Middlemarch</i>
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  Notorious Eliza Barbara Monajem
  
  TORONTO • NEW YORK • LONDON
  
  AMSTERDAM • PARIS • SYDNEY • HAMBURG
  
  STOCKHOLM • ATHENS • TOKYO • MILAN • MADRID
  
  PRAGUE • WARSAW • BUDAPEST • AUCKLAND
  
  Eliza Dauntry was infamous. Most people assumed she was a wanton because she
  supported herself and her son by painting portraits of courtesans. Yet Eliza
  hadn't been tempted by a man since her husband's death...until she met Patrick
  Felham. An old friend of her husband and a one-time rake, Patrick awakened a
  yearning in Eliza that demanded to be satisfied at once....
  
  Patrick was looking for an upright woman to become his wife and stepmother to
  his daughter, not a siren like Eliza Dauntry! But Eliza had aroused his desire
  ever since he saved her scandalous self-portrait from the auction house.
  
  The chance of an affair with the alluring widow was irresistible, but this
  notorious woman could also turn out to be his perfect bride...
  
  To Clio, muse of history, and Erat