05044cam a2200817 4500 588242736 TxAuBib 20220722120000.0 ||||||s2014||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780812996852 0812996852 B00IQROTQA Amazon be6c41ec-022a-4c0a-bb3a-27d5518fca73 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 1581607 OverDrive (Product ID) 184449 184449 184449 TxAuBib Vreeland, Susan. Lisette's List [Libby] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2014. historic fiction. family. relationships. literary fiction. War. relationship. Historical. family life. romance. Provence. historical novel. romantic fiction. Saga. marriage. love. women. romantic. Historical Fiction. Genre Fiction. art. France. WWII. Historical Romance. Romance Novel. fiction books. art world. historical romance books. historical novels. romance books. romance novels. literary historical fiction. literary romance. world war ii historical fiction. books for women. historical fiction books. relationship books. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3002kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. Romance. Historical Fiction. HTML:<b>From Susan Vreeland, bestselling author of such acclaimed novels as <i>Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Luncheon of the Boating Party,</i> and <i>Clara and Mr. Tiffany,</i> comes a richly imagined story of a woman’s awakening in the south of Vichy France—to the power of art, to the beauty of provincial life, and to love in the midst of war.</b><br /> <br /> In 1937, young Lisette Roux and her husband, André, move from Paris to a village in Provence to care for André’s grandfather Pascal. Lisette regrets having to give up her dream of becoming a gallery apprentice and longs for the comforts and sophistication of Paris. But as she soon discovers, the hilltop town is rich with unexpected pleasures.<br /> <br /> Pascal once worked in the nearby ochre mines and later became a pigment salesman and frame maker; while selling his pigments in Paris, he befriended Pissarro and Cézanne, some of whose paintings he received in trade for his frames. Pascal begins to tutor Lisette in both art and life, allowing her to see his small collection of paintings and the Provençal landscape itself in a new light. Inspired by Pascal’s advice to “Do the important things first,” Lisette begins a list of vows to herself (#<i>4. Learn what makes a painting great</i>). When war breaks out, André goes off to the front, but not before hiding Pascal’s paintings to keep them from the Nazis’ reach.<br /> <br /> With German forces spreading across Europe, the sudden fall of Paris, and the rise of Vichy France, Lisette sets out to locate the paintings (<i>#11. Find the paintings in my lifetime</i>). Her search takes her through the stunning French countryside, where she befriends Marc and Bella Chagall, who are in hiding before their flight to America, and acquaints her with the land, her neighbors, and even herself in ways she never dreamed possible. Through joy and tragedy, occupation and liberation, small acts of kindness and great acts of courage, Lisette learns to forgive the past, to live robustly, and to love again.<br /> <br /> <b>Praise for <i>Lisette’s List</i><br /></b><br /> “Vreeland’s love of painters and painting, her meticulous research and pitch-perfect descriptive talents . . . are abundantly evident in her new novel.”<b>—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /> <br /> “This historical novel’s . . . great strength is its lovingly detailed setting. . . . Readers will enjoy lingering in the sun-dappled, fruit-scented Provençal landscape that Vreeland brings to life.”<b>—<i>The Boston Globe</i></b>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2022-07-22 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/lisette-s-list?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/lisette-s-list?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/lisette-s-list?.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) CWPCP