false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1179156159m/880757.jpg 880757 6 A classic Margaret Forster novel with the same satisfying appeal as her bestselling <b>Diary of an Ordinary Woman</b> &#8212; the story of an actual early 20th century painting and its fictional adventures through the century and of the women whose lives it touches.<br><br><br><i>From the Hardcover edition.</i> 866051 2006 Keeping the World Away total:75|5:19|4:25|3:24|2:5|1:2| 75 279 151 28 4 0 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Mar 04 18:29:36 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 09:40:29 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 12:54:45 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 14 10:27:08 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 29 12:36:34 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 16 14:25:50 -0700 2009 2 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 17:03:45 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 14:59:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun May 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 00:14:20 -0700 2009 Mon May 11 00:18:53 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 15 14:57:48 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 16 10:04:17 -0700 2007
I liked getting into the minds of the women who owned, at different times, the "room" picture. Virginia Woolf's stat...more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 10:16:55 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 09 10:24:35 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Mon Jul 06 02:35:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 12 13:24:04 -0700 2009 Thanks to Candice for the link to the picture.

Read this for the Book Discussion at the library this month. Meeting at 'Riverviews Art Space'.]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 09:26:19 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 09:27:45 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu May 07 11:24:28 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 11:24:28 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 07:49:04 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 14 07:59:35 -0700 2007 Girl in Hyacinth Blue, this story follows a painting as it's passed from woman to woman, beginning with the painter herself, Gwen John. The problems I had with this book were that parts of it felt very condensed, and sometimes from paragraph to paragraph, it was hard to figure out how much time...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 07:22:22 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 11 07:28:43 -0700 2007 Margaret Forster but had never read anything by her. The premise of the story sounded familiar - a painting is the element that ties the stories of the owners together. Very Girl in Hyacinth Blue. But this novel is anythi...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jun 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:17:12 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 13:18:07 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Mar 24 09:57:16 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 24 09:57:34 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jul 15 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 10 06:39:32 -0800 2008 Wed Jul 15 07:53:34 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Apr 18 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 05:45:20 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 19 05:50:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Sep 26 12:15:35 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 30 15:55:31 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jan 29 11:27:08 -0800 2008 Sat May 09 15:18:27 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Fri Mar 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jan 30 10:02:31 -0800 2009 Fri Mar 13 07:26:28 -0700 2009 ]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 06:44:59 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 06:51:34 -0700 2007 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=880757