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  • Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan

  • A Novel of a Life in Art
  • By: Deborah Reed
  • Narrated by: Andi Arndt
  • Length: 8 hrs and 53 mins
  • 4.1 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan

By: Deborah Reed
Narrated by: Andi Arndt
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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 20th-century America and into the present day, Pale Morning Light with Violet Swan is the story of a girl who escaped rural Georgia at 14 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.

©2020 Deborah Reed (P)2020 Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Absolutely Wonderful

Every facet of this book and recording was excellent. The story, the narration...
Highly recommended.

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Beautiful soulful story

Wow, this is powerful book. I am still reeling from all of the emotion evoked by the story and writing. It has been a very long time since I have been so moved and transported.
The characters explore love of child, parent, friend and lover with unflinching honesty and insight. You feel the place, you smell the air, hear the birds and you are so grateful to be lost in this world.

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