Dawson Press · Published 2026 · Other Lives 02

Eleanor

A novel by Evan Cahalane ↗

She knew the painting was a fake. She signed her name anyway.

A false authentication. A ruined career. A woman who will no longer accept silence.

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Cover of Eleanor by Evan Cahalane: a painter studies her self-portrait in a Lisbon studio.

She knew the painting was a fake. She signed her name anyway.

As plans for an exhibition in Dublin take shape, Eleanor is forced to revisit a painting she authenticated sixteen years earlier.

Marta Sequeira, the restorer accused of replacing an authenticated work with a forgery, has found new evidence. She wants her name cleared. Publicly.

Eleanor knows Marta is innocent. She authenticated the false painting to protect António Vale, the dealer she loved, then stood by while Marta lost her career. António is still in her life. He still expects her to protect him.

With loans, professional friendships and her own future now at stake, Eleanor tries to put right what she can without surrendering everything.

But Marta will no longer accept a version of the truth designed to keep Eleanor safe.

From the author of Mirrors and In Another Light, Eleanor is a novel of love, complicity and the cost of setting the record straight.

Eleanor is Book Two of Other Lives, following In Another Light.

A first look at Eleanor.

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The Unfinished Face

English vocals 0:50

Lyrics

Dry paint beneath my fingernails
The morning sun is cutting in
I smeared the color to hide the eyes
I let another take the weight
Now older layers are showing through
The canvas breathes what I erased

I will not cover what I made
The jagged edge, the broken line
I stand before the unfinished face
And finally claim what is mine

The past is set in stone and oil
I cannot change a single stroke
But now I live inside the light
And speak the words I never spoke

I will jagged edge the broken line
I stand before the unfinished face
The light is clean
I pick up the brush again

Scenes from Eleanor.

Part I

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Part II

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Part III

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Part IV

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Evan Cahalane
Dawson Press · 2026

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