Djelloul Marbrook

Wynkin deWorde Publishers of Galway, Ireland, and Frank Press of France have published Jean Lamore’s AKA, a daring novel that has been causing a stir in critical circles. The European edition of the book features my mother’s painting, She Had Many Faces, on its cover. This oil painting was executed by Juanita Guccione, my mother, in 1953. Lithographic copies of it are well known in the psychotherapy community where it’s often perceived as a portrayal of psychosis. I remember her painting it in her studio on East 19th Street in Manhattan. The faces are from sketches my mother made of women who had played various roles in her life.

—DM