Gigi Bermingham
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Hollows (Kim Harrison) volume 6
Language
English
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Having trafficked in forbidden demon magic in order to save the lives of her friends, witch Rachel Morgan investigates the death of her lover, only to uncover a family secret that changes everything she has ever believed.
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English
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This New York Times bestseller explores the life and many owners of an imaginary Vermeer painting.
A Dutch painting of a young girl survives three and a half centuries of loss, flood, anonymity, theft, secrecy, and even the Holocaust. This is the story of its owners whose lives are influenced by its beauty and mystery. Despite their many troubles and unsatisfied longings, the girl in hyacinth blue has the power to inspire love in all its human...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 13
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English
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Set against the lush tapestry of Renaissance Rome, this is a mesmerizing tale of love, art, and most notably, the love of art. After Artemisia Gentileschi, a promising young painter, is raped by her instructor, a papal court orders her torture and her father betrays her. Shamed but not vanquished, she asks her harsh parent to arrange her marriage to another painter and, thus vindicated in the eyes of society and the church, she begins a new life.
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