Author: |
Barbara Shoup |
ISBN: |
9781483516899 |
Publisher: |
BookBaby |
Publication: |
January 1, 2003 |
Imprint: |
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Language: |
English |
Author: |
Barbara Shoup |
ISBN: |
9781483516899 |
Publisher: |
BookBaby |
Publication: |
January 1, 2003 |
Imprint: |
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Language: |
English |
In this richly imagined novel based on the life of seventeenth-century painter, Johannes Vermeer, Barbara Shoup evokes the artist's world through the eyes of his favorite daughter. Willful, dreamy, not-beautiful Carelina Vermeer is a trial to her wealthy Grandmother Thins, whose efforts to make her into a proper young lady are a constant source of tension in a large, loving, but quarrelsome family. Then, early one morning, she follows her sister to a house on the harbor where he is preparing to paint his masterpiece, "View of Delft," and her real life begins.
In this richly imagined novel based on the life of seventeenth-century painter, Johannes Vermeer, Barbara Shoup evokes the artist's world through the eyes of his favorite daughter. Willful, dreamy, not-beautiful Carelina Vermeer is a trial to her wealthy Grandmother Thins, whose efforts to make her into a proper young lady are a constant source of tension in a large, loving, but quarrelsome family. Then, early one morning, she follows her sister to a house on the harbor where he is preparing to paint his masterpiece, "View of Delft," and her real life begins.