Lisette's List

[Susan] Vreeland's love of painters and painting, her meticulous research and the pitch-perfect descriptive talents that distinguished such books as Girl in Hyacinth Blue and Luncheon of the Boating Party are abundantly evident in her new novel. --The Washington Post [Lisette's List] great strength is its lovingly detailed setting, a mountaintop village--'like some fantasy kingdom from a child's folk legend, altogether dazzling'--whose charm gradually enwraps the reader just as it does the initially resistant Lisette. . . . Readers will enjoy lingering in the sun-dappled, fruit-scented Provencal landscape that Vreeland brings to life. --The Boston Globe Part romance, part historical fiction, part travelogue, part art history text . . . Vreeland knows her art, she knows Provence, and she's done her historical homework. . . . Lisette's List offers its readers a pleasurable opportunity to learn something about art, history and ocher, and to enjoy a plucky heroine who grows in ways she never thought possible. --St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mesmerizing . . . Vreeland's passionate writing is as good as a private showing at the Louvre. --Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An entrancing novel of joy and heartache . . . Vreeland provides the reader with a broad spectrum of emotions. --The Free Lance-Star The novel's heart is its patient interweaving of sensuous, meticulously observed details with themes of forgiveness, female strength, and survival. --Publishers Weekly Lisette's List is heartfelt, loving and lovely, and asks difficult questions beautifully. --Shelf Awareness From the Hardcover edition. [Susan]Vreeland s love of painters and painting, her meticulous research and the pitch-perfect descriptive talents that distinguished such books asGirl in Hyacinth BlueandLuncheon of the Boating Partyare abundantly evident in her new novel. The Washington Post [Lisette s List] great strength is its lovingly detailed setting, a mountaintop village like some fantasy kingdom from a child s folk legend, altogether dazzling whose charm gradually enwraps the reader just as it does the initially resistant Lisette. . . . Readers will enjoy lingering in the sun-dappled, fruit-scented Provencal landscape that Vreeland brings to life. The Boston Globe Part romance, part historical fiction, part travelogue, part art history text. . . Vreeland knows her art, she knows Provence, and she s done her historical homework. . . . Lisette s List offers its readers a pleasurable opportunity to learn something about art, history and ocher, and to enjoy a plucky heroine who grows in ways she never thought possible. St. Louis Post-Dispatch Mesmerizing . . . Vreeland s passionate writing is as good as a private showing at the Louvre. Kirkus Reviews (starred review) An entrancing novel of joy and heartache . . . Vreeland provides the reader with a broad spectrum of emotions. The Free Lance-Star The novel s heart is its patient interweaving of sensuous, meticulously observed details with themes of forgiveness, female strength, and survival. Publishers Weekly Lisette s List is heartfelt, loving and lovely, and asks difficult questions beautifully. Shelf Awareness From the Hardcover edition. [ Lisette's List ] great strength is its lovingly detailed setting, a mountaintop village--'like some fantasy kingdom from a child's folk legend, altogether dazzling'--whose charm gradually enwraps the reader just as it does the initially resistant Lisette. . . . [Susan Vreeland] is entranced by color, artistic creativity and the transformative power of art. . . . Readers will enjoy lingering in the sun-dappled, fruit-scented Provencal landscape that Vreeland brings to life. -- The Boston Globe In Lisette's List, by bestselling historical novelist Susan Vreeland, things happen that also amaze and illuminate. . . . Vreeland's love of painters and painting, her meticulous research and the pitch-perfect descriptive talents that distinguished such books as Girl in Hyacinth Blue and Luncheon of the Boating Party are abundantly evident in her new novel. -- The Washington Post Part romance, part historical fiction, part travelogue, part art history text, Lisette's List is a long, leisurely look at one young woman's life, loves and explorations of painting in a village in the south of France. . . . Vreeland knows her art, she knows Provence, and she's done her historical homework. . . . Lisette's List offers its readers a pleasurable opportunity to learn something about art, history and ocher, and to enjoy a plucky heroine who grows in ways she never thought possible. -- St. Louis Post-Dispatch The novel's heart is its patient interweaving of sensuous, meticulously observed details with themes of forgiveness, female strength, and survival. -- Publishers Weekly A sweeping historical novel . . . Une jolie Parisienne in Provence during the turbulent World War II years comes to understand love and great art to the core of her being. . . . Vreeland, who has proven in earlier art-themed bestsellers that she has an exquisite eye for detail, is enormously talented at establishing the important societal role of art. . . . Her deeply researched novel is mesmerizing. Merveilleux. Vreeland's passionate writing is as good as a private showing at the Louvre. -- Kirkus Reviews Lisette's List is heartfelt, loving and lovely, and asks difficult questions beautifully. -- Shelf Awareness From the Hardcover edition.