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A Good Morning America Book Club Pick
A Veranda Magazine Book Club Pick
A captivating, bighearted, richly tapestried story of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster, by the celebrated author of Tin Man.
Tuscany, 1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villages, a young English soldier, Ulysses Temper, finds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. There, he has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each other, Ulysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italy, and set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses’s life for the next four decades.
As Ulysses returns home to London, reimmersing himself in his crew at The Stoat and Parot—a motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentrics—he carries his time in Italy with him. And when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all began, Ulysses knows better than to tempt fate, and returns to the Tuscan hills.
With beautiful prose, extraordinary tenderness, and bursts of humor and light, Still Life is a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a family, and a deeply drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.
From the Publisher
Publisher : G.P. Putnam’s Sons; First Edition (November 2, 2021)
Language : English
Hardcover : 464 pages
ISBN-10 : 0593330757
ISBN-13 : 978-0593330753
Item Weight : 1.5 pounds
Dimensions : 6.33 x 1.46 x 9.27 inches
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Customers find the story poignant and beautiful. They describe the book as an unexpectedly wonderful read with lyrical prose and descriptive writing style. The characters are memorable and feel like friends. Many readers appreciate the beautiful setting and opening scene. However, some find the punctuation and pacing issues frustrating. Opinions differ on the complexity of the characters and their relationships.
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