emruth13
Written on Oct 31, 2014
Passion Blue is a Kirkus Reviews Best Teen Books of 2012
When seventeen-year-old Giulia, the orphaned, illegitimate daughter of a Milanese nobleman, learns she’s to be packed off to a life behind convent walls, she begs an astrologer-sorcerer for a talisman that will secure what she’s certain is her heart’s desire: true love and a place where she belongs. But does she really know the compass of her heart? The convent of Santa Marta is full of surprises, including a workshop of nuns who are creating paintings of astonishing beauty using a luminous blue mixed from a secret formula: Passion Blue. As Giulia’s own artistic self is awakened she’s torn: should she follow the young man who promises to help her escape? Or stay and satisfy her growing desire to paint?This richly imagined novel of a girl’s daring journey towards self-discovery transports readers into the fascinating world of Renaissance Italy where love and faith and art inspire passion—of many different hues.
- ISBN10 0761462309
- ISBN13 9780761462309
- Publish Date 6 November 2012
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Marshall Cavendish
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 352
- Language English
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