Girl in Hyacinth Blue (CD-Audio)

from lucybrown

I spent much of my childhood in museums. My mother was one of those rather obsessive tourist who thinks she will meet some monstrous fate if she does not see every museum and place where Paul preached. And God bless her for it, well, at least for the museum part. After several of the Pauline site...

from lucybrown

I spent much of my childhood in museums. My mother was one of those rather obsessive tourist who thinks she will meet some monstrous fate if she does not see every museum and place where Paul preached. And God bless her for it, well, at least for the museum part. After several of the Pauline site...

from ljhliesl

I want something fluffy that can stand up to interruptions. This was in the used bookstore and I can leave it for my notstepmother when I leave. This might not be as fluffy as I thought. Because of their subject and close publication dates I associated this with Girl with a Pearl Earring, which I...

from BookConcierge

A previously "undiscovered" Vermeer is revealed and the author traces its ownership back in time to its origination. Each owner (or custodian) has a slightly different reason for wanting to keep the painting, and different reasons for letting it go. Each time it changes hands, the owner is pained...

from Jemima79

In Girl In Hyacinth Blue Susan Vreeland presents the reader with fragments that capture poignant moments in the lives of the various owners of an imagined Vermeer painting. The story is told in reverse chronological order tracing the painting from contemporary times back to its creation. Each cha...