Book summary

A beautiful painting that's possibly a Vermeer provides the framework for this series of stories that reach further and further back in time to get at the truth--culminating finally in an episode in which the painter and his model are the protagonists.

Media reviews

"The prose of GIRL IN HYACINTH BLUE is not subtle but does carry Vreeland's story forward--or, in this case, backward--in swift, confident strides. Ultimately, the author's canny intelligence becomes clear. In borrowing from the news and focusing on a single looted piece of art, the novel performs its own revealing act of appropriation."