05016cam a2200817 4500 1075293454 TxAuBib 20231214120000.0 ||||||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 eBook] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2014. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3002kB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. world war ii historical fiction. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. literary historical fiction. historical romance books. historical fiction books. Historical Fiction. Historical Romance. relationship books. historical novels. historic fiction. literary fiction. historical novel. romantic fiction. literary romance. books for women. romance novels. relationships. Genre Fiction. Romance Novel. fiction books. romance books. relationship. family life. Historical. art world. Provence. marriage. romantic. romance. family. France. women. Saga. love. WWII. War. art. 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> 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 /> <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 /> “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>. Historical Fiction. Literature. Fiction. Romance. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-12-13 20:00:02. 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) BTCLS