| Where the Light Remains Contributor(s): Gabriel, Hayden (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743243145 ISBN-13: 9780743243148 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $24.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2003 Annotation: Central to "Where the Light Remains" is a 19th century painting of a woman holding a violin. With this as her starting point, Gabriel's imagination soars. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Sagas - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2003045719 |
| Physical Information: 1.05" H x 5.2" W x 8.08" (0.78 lbs) 432 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Set at either ends of a century, Where the Light Remains weaves the stories of two remarkable women linked by art, landscape, and the intricacies of marriage. In 1886 Cornwall, an artist from the Newlyn School paints a portrait of a striking woman, Claira, the wife of a Methodist farmer. In the painting, Claira basks in the luminescence of a woodland sunset, violin in hand, the still air holding the notes she has just played. In 1986, Claire, a painter, and her husband settle with their two boys in the Cornish farmhouse where Claira once lived. As Claire falls in love with the rugged landscape -- and her husband with another woman -- Claire makes two discoveries that change her as a woman and as a painter. The lives that fill this elegant novel are a testament to the powerful ways that sensual discovery, creativity, and the experience of marriage connect women across time. |