The Very Picture of You by Isabel Wolff

The Very Picture of You by Isabel Wolff

Where the eye sees the brushstroke, the heart sees the truth.
 
At thirty-five, Gabriella "Ella" Graham is a successful portrait artist in London. She captures the essential truth in each of her subjects' faces--a tilt of the chin, a glint in the eye--and immortalizes it on canvas. But closer to home, Ella finds the truth more elusive. Her father abandoned the family when she was five, and her mother has remained silent on the subject ever since. Ella's sister, Chloe, is engaged to Nate, an American working in London, but Ella suspects that he may not be so committed. Then, at Chloe's behest, Ella agrees to paint Nate's portrait.
 
From session to session, Ella begins to see Nate in a different light, which gives rise to conflicted feelings. In fact, through the various people she paints--including an elderly client reflecting on her life and a woman dreading the prospect of turning forty--Ella realizes that there is so much more to a person's life than what is seen on the surface. And as her portraits of Nate and the others progress, they begin to reveal less about their subjects than about the artist herself.
 
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Before becoming a full-time writer, Isabel Wolff worked as a BBC radio producer and reporter. A Vintage Affair was short-listed for the American Library Association Award in fiction, and Behaving Badly was short-listed for the Romantic Novelists' Association Romantic Novel of the Year award. Isabel and her family live in London. Visit www.IsabelWolff.com or the Isabel Wolff, Author Page on Facebook for more information.

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ISBN 13	9780553386639
ISBN 10	0553386638
Title	The Very Picture of You
Author	Isabel Wolff
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2012-05-29
Number of pages	352
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.