Description

In 1983, Christine Taylor Patten was hired as one of the people who took care of Georgia O’Keeffe, then ninety-six. Also an artist, Patten served as nurse, cook, companion, and friend to the older woman. This intimate account of the year of Patten’s employment offers a rare glimpse of O’Keeffe’s daily life when she could no longer see well enough to paint.

About the author(s)

Christine Taylor Patten is an artist who lives in northern New Mexico.

Alvaro Cardona-Hine is a poet and translator. He also lives in northern New Mexico.