03229cam a2200373 4500 562435093 TxAuBib 20220424120000.0 ||||||s2012||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780795323546 0795323549 B07X8ZQVF9 Amazon 3655afb5-80bf-4edd-97d9-c05a58970900 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 973818 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Vreeland, Susan. Girl in Hyacinth Blue [Libby eBook]. RosettaBooks, 2012. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 1791kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. HTML:<b>This <i>New York Times</i> bestseller explores the life and many owners of an imaginary Vermeer painting in an "impressive debut collection" of linked stories (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>).</b><br /> <br /> A Dutch painting of a young girl survives three and a half centuries of loss, flood, anonymity, theft, secrecy, and even the Holocaust. This is the story of its owners whose lives are influenced by its beauty and mystery. Despite their many troubles and unsatisfied longings, the girl in hyacinth blue has the power to inspire love in all its human variety.<br /> <br /> This luminous story begins in the present day, when a professor invites a colleague to his home to see a painting that he has kept secret for decades. The professor swears it is a Vermeer—but why has he hidden this important work for so long? The reasons unfold in a series of events that trace the ownership of the painting back to World War II and Amsterdam, and still further back to the moment of the work's inspiration. As the painting moves through each owner's hands, what was long hidden quietly surfaces, illuminating poignant moments in multiple lives. Susan Vreeland's characters remind us, through their love of this mysterious painting, how beauty transforms and why we reach for it, what lasts and what in our lives is singular and unforgettable.<br /> <br /> <b>"Vreeland's book is a work of art." —<i>New York Post</i></b>. Historical Fiction. Short Stories. Literature. Fiction. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-06-23 20:00:02. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0027-1/365/5AF/B5/GirlinHyacinthBlue9780795323546.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3655AFB5-80BF-4EDD-97D9-C05A58970900&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0027-1/365/5AF/B5/GirlinHyacinthBlue9780795323546.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3655AFB5-80BF-4EDD-97D9-C05A58970900&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0027-1/365/5AF/B5/GirlinHyacinthBlue9780795323546.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=3655AFB5-80BF-4EDD-97D9-C05A58970900&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)