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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
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Our March, 2002 book, "Girl in Hyacinth Blue"
by Susan Vreeland.
For this month if you have the time and inclination, you could also read
"Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier, also about the painter Vermeer.
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From the Publisher
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 Vermeerbut 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. 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.
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