The Silent Patient Art but that never wanted her

but that never wanted her

from the palace of the Persian Empire to the US Senate

I’d abandoned my dreams of making it big in New York

A friendship ruined

with all his distorted needs

The Silent Patient Art but that never wanted herAlicia Berensons life is seemingly perfect. A famous painter married to an in demand fashion photographer, she lives in a grand house with big windows overlooking a park in one of Londons most desirable areas. One evening her husband Gabriel returns home late from a fashion shoot, and Alicia shoots him five times in the face, and then never speaks another word. Alicias refusal to talk, or give any kind of explanation, turns a domestic tragedy into