Milgrom brings the reader right along on her adventures as a copyist of one of the most well-known paintings in all the world.". --Harriet Welty Rochefort, author of French Fried, French Toast, Joie de Vivre, and Final Transgression"L'Origine is an apt title for Lilianne Milgrom's debut novel, since it is the painting itself--L'Origine du monde--that is the heroine of this vividly written, well-researched, and highly compelling book.