Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan: A Novel of a Life in Art (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780544817364)

The story of a famous abstract painter at the end of her life--her family, her art, and the long-buried secrets that won't stay hidden for much longer.

Ninety-three-year-old Violet Swan has spent a lifetime translating tragedy and hardship into art, becoming famous for her abstract paintings, which evoke tranquility, innocence, and joy. For nearly a century Violet has lived a peaceful, private life of painting on the coast of Oregon. The "business of Violet" is run by her only child, Francisco, and his wife, Penny. But shortly before Violet's death, an earthquake sets a series of events in motion, and her deeply hidden past begins to resurface. When her beloved grandson returns home with a family secret in tow, Violet is forced to come to terms with the life she left behind so long ago--a life her family knows nothing about.

A generational saga set against the backdrop of twentieth-century America and into the present day, Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan is the story of a girl who escaped rural Georgia at fourteen during World War II, crossing the country alone and broke. It is the story of how that girl met the man who would become her devoted husband, how she became a celebrated artist, and above all, how her life, inspired by nothing more than the way she imagined it to be, would turn out to be her greatest masterpiece.

Author: Deborah Reed
ISBN-10: 0544817362
ISBN-13: 9780544817364
Publisher: Mariner Books
Language: English
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 05/01/2020 pg. 23