emruth13
Written on Oct 31, 2014
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.
Passion Blue is one of Kirkus Reviews’ Best Teen Books
- ISBN10 1477847375
- ISBN13 9781477847374
- Publish Date 26 August 2014 (first published 6 November 2012)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Publisher Amazon Publishing
- Imprint Skyscape
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 368
- Language English
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