Pale Morning Light With Violet SwanAuthor :
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Published : Tuesday 6 October 2020
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The story of a famous abstract painter at the end of her lifeher 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 Violets 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 agoa 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 withViolet 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 imaginedit to be, wouldturn out to be her greatest masterpiece.
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