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I bought this book based on it's presence on this website and the recommendation from Sister Hinkley, but to be honest, I'm really surprised that this is listed as an "appropriate" book. There is one scene where Michelangelo gets... *ahem*... excited while carving a piece of marble and his friends make inappropriate comments about women, not to mention the very graphic descriptions of his dissections. Don't get me wrong, I'm a little more than 1/3rd of the way through the book, and I'm enjoying it for it's exploration of the process of artistic creation and the lesson on Italian history. I've been alternating between the book and google image searches to see the art work being discussed and wikipedia articles on the Medici family. It's been a great education. The sexuality isn't graphic, the book was written in the '50s, after all, but it's definitely there, and I think that if this book was read by my Relief Society book club, there would be more than a bit of drama over it. I'm very glad that I am reading the book before recommending it to others and am finding that just because it's been recommended in the past by the wife of a prophet doesn't necessarily mean that it's something that the more prim members of my Relief Society would be ok with.   ~Anne F.

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