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The Girl from the Lighthouse

The Girl from the Lighthouse - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Willard ThompsonPublish date:2019-03-20Pages:428
Language:EnglishPublisher:Rincon PublishingISBN-13:9780979755293ISBN-10:979755298UPC:9780979755293Book Category:History, Art, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, History, Popular CultureBook Topic:France, Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCNPC1SV88

The Girl From the Lighthouse tells the compelling story of Emma Dobbins. Abandoned by her mother at an early age, she was raised by her father, a lighthouse keeper at Point Conception in California, where early on she discovers her artistic talent. At the age of 17, Emma travels to Paris with a chaperone, to attend art school but is separated from the chaperone when the chaperone becomes ill. Emma arrives alone in Paris with no money, no language skills, and no friends. A chance meeting with a young working girl in the train station becomes her first Parisian friend. The setting is Paris in the 1860s-70s, the start of the Belle poque. France soon is involved in the Franco/Prussian War and the Commune Uprising; difficult times for Emma and all Frenchmen. Initially rejected by art schools, her determination keeps her moving toward her goal in the art world, where the Impressionists are starting to change the world. Frenchmen fall in love with her beautiful face and lustrous dark hair. Some wanted to paint her, others to court her, but either way, she does not abide by the rules they try to impose on her. Emma grows into an accomplished artist but never gives up her own principles... even when someone steals something precious to her. The story is told in the first person, present tense, allowing the reader to enter the story and feel a part of it as it unfolds, sharing with Emma her highs and lows, loves and rejections, all focused in the art world of Paris. The novel is filled with vivid characters, both fictional and real people, and the story unfolds gracefully from the 1870s until 1912, just prior to the start of WWI

Language:EnglishPublisher:Rincon PublishingISBN-13:9780979755293ISBN-10:979755298UPC:9780979755293Book Category:History, Art, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Europe, History, Popular CultureBook Topic:France, Modern (Late 19th Century to 1945)Size:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.95 inchesWeight:1.3823Product ID:SCNPC1SV88
Thompson, Willard: - Willard Thompson is an award-winning independent author, living in Santa Barbara, California with his wife Jo. He is the author of historical fiction and romance novels as well as non-fiction articles and books.
Publisher: Rincon Publishing

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