Customer Reviews (4)

Good book!
Great book to read!Came with a different cover (the movie version) but fast delivery!Have read all of her books and they were great!!!

excellent condition!
I recieved the book promptly and it was in excellent condition! The fabulous low price was a bonus!

interesting look at life in the 1600's
A poor family in Holland has to work at menial labor to make money.

The teenage daughter leaves home to work for and live with a wealthier

family.She encounters various situations that show her cleverness.

Eventually an artist chooses her to sit for a painting. . .

As Solid & BeautifulAs The Movie
This was another case in which the book and the movie (which I saw first) both met expectations, which is quite a compliment.The movie is stunning in its cinematography and simplicity but the book was just as good, if not better.

Tracy Chevalier "paints" a picture with her prose as eloquently as the photographers did in the subsequent movie.It might sound like a reviewer's cliche, but you do feel "like you are there." In this case, "there" is 17th century Holland, and in the home of famous painter Johannes Vermeer.

It's one of those rare cases where I would recommend seeing the film first.You then have aportrait in your mind of the main figures and the picturesque area. Since, admittedly, the film was slow-moving, I was worried the book might be dry....but it wasn't.It was fascinating. ... Read more

Product Description
Unabridged CDs, 8 CDs, 10 hoursA voyage of discoveries, a meeting of two remarkable women, and an extraordinary time and place enrich bestselling author, Tracy Chevalier's enthralling new novel. ... Read more