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Your first novel, Girl in Hyacinth Blue, focused on a Vermeer painting.
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue, 1999, and a Hallmark Hall of Fame production in 2003, tracing an alleged Vermeer painting through the centuries revealing its influence on those who possessed it.
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Perhaps that is why I so loved the book Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland, which traces a painting back through its owners, telling the stories of each one (gorgeously written, too).
100 Things I Love kittenpie 2006
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Perhaps that is why I so loved the book Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland, which traces a painting back through its owners, telling the stories of each one (gorgeously written, too).
Archive 2006-08-01 kittenpie 2006
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Must crack open book journal if I'm going to try to dig deeper, but I seem to remember crying at parts of one of my favourite books - Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland.
A Book A Day - A Meme kittenpie 2006
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Must crack open book journal if I'm going to try to dig deeper, but I seem to remember crying at parts of one of my favourite books - Girl in Hyacinth Blue, by Susan Vreeland.
Archive 2006-08-01 kittenpie 2006
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Vreeland triumphed with Girl in Hyacinth Blue, last year's other best seller featuring Vermeer (along with Tracy Chevalier's Girl With A Pearl Earring, of course).
The Passion of Artemisia: Summary and book reviews of The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland. 2002
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After her brilliant Girl in Hyacinth Blue (1999), Vreeland shows a deep knowledge of art once more but also veers toward message and melodrama.
The Passion of Artemisia: Summary and book reviews of The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland. 2002
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Fans of Girl in Hyacinth Blue will be pleased with The Passion of Artemisia, which reprises many of the themes of its predecessor.
The Passion of Artemisia: Summary and book reviews of The Passion of Artemisia by Susan Vreeland. 2002
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Susan Vreeland, author of Girl in Hyacinth Blue absorbing ... compelling, and inventive.
The Deadwood Beetle: Summary and book reviews of The Deadwood Beetle by Mylene Dressler. 2001
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