The White Dress

**The third in Nathalie Léger’s acclaimed genre-defying triptych of books about the struggles and obsessions of women artists.** *The White Dress* is the third in Nathalie Léger’s award-winning triptych of books about women who “through their oeuvre, transform their lives into a mystery” ( *ELLE* ). In *Exposition* , Léger wrote about the Countess of Castiglione, the most photographed woman of the nineteenth century; in *Suite for Barbara Loden* she took up the actress and filmmaker Barbara Loden; here, Léger grapples with the tragic 2008 death of Italian performance artist Pippa Bacca, who was raped and murdered while hiking from Italy to the Middle East in a wedding dress to promote world peace. A harrowing meditation on the risks women encounter, in life and in art, *The White Dress* also brings to a haunting conclusion Léger’s personal interrogation—sustained across all three books—of her relationship with her mother and the desire for justice in our lives.