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GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE
by
Susan VreelandNew York Times Bestseller
Brush with Fate the
Hallmark Hall of Fame production of
GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE
is available in
Hallmark Gold Crown stores.
Penguin -- Paperback $13.00
Author Interview and Reading Guide
MacMurray & Beck
Hardback $17.50
Book Sense (ABA) Book of the Year Finalist
International Dublin Literary Award Nominee
Theodore Geisel Award Winner
A Dutch painting of a young girl, possibly a Vermeer, survives three and a half centuries through loss, flood, anonymity, theft, secrecy, even the Holocaust. This is the story of its owners whose lives are influenced by its beauty and mystery. Despite their unsatisfied longings, their own and others' flaws, the girl in hyacinth blue has the power to engender love in all its human variety.
One of the 25 most distinguished novels of 1999. --Publishers Weekly
"Insightful observations about the worth and the truth of art....Elegantly executed,
with characters who have the solidity, and the elusive mystery, of Vermeer's
subjects....One wants to read these tales at one sitting....Vreeland paints
her canvas with the sure strokes of a talented artist.
" --
Publishers Weekly
"Intelligent, searching and unusual, the novel is filled with luminous moments...a sense of tenderness, of gratitude for the gift of life...it has a way of lingering in the reader's mind." -- New York Times
"Extraordinarily skilled historical fiction: deft, perceptive, full of learning, deeply moving." -- Kirkus
"Reading Vreeland's new book is like opening up a Chinese box: each chapter reveals a new layer of meaning and import." -- Booklist
"...a brave, ambitious, breathtaking, and almost reckless undertaking...a study in aesthetics and a mystery...inventive, elegant, disturbing" --John Dufresne
"...haunting...stunning...exquisite moments." -- The Christian Science Monitor
"A little gem of a novel...this beautifully written exploration of the power of art." -- Parade
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