Dora Maar, the muse of Man Ray, companion of Louis Chavance and Gorges Bataille, Picasso s mistress, was also known as the weeping woman. Alice Dujovne describes an era and invites us to travel with the stars of the avant-garde, on the pretext of meeting an iconic and mysterious woman. Written in a detective style as the author discovers new tracks step by step, the reader is led through events, relationships, and the psychology behind why Dora Maar was put in the asylum of Sainte-Anne in Paris, where she remained until her death in 1997."