Self-Portrait With Nothing

Self-Portrait With Nothing, a 2022 Debut by Aimee Pokwatka, launches October 11th. Abandoned as an infant on the local veterinarian’s front porch, Pepper Rafferty was raised by two loving mothers, and has married a stable, supportive husband. She’s never told anyone that at fifteen she discovered the identity of her biological mother--the reclusive painter Ula Frost, who's famous for claiming that her portraits summon their subjects’ doppelgangers from parallel universes. Pepper can’t help but wonder if there's a parallel universe in which she was more confident, more accomplished, better able to accept love--a universe in which Ula decided she was worth keeping?