Publisher's Synopsis
"The lives and secrets of three women, centuries apart, intersect at the artist Claude Monet's garden in this emotional, imaginative portrait of loss, love, and second chances. The greatest loss we may ever experience is that of ourselves. From the author of the award-winning, bestselling Essie's Roses comes an imaginative, emotional portrait of the secret side of grief and the deep bonds and secrets between mothers and daughters. Three women centuries apart set out to escape a colorless life, connected by one of the most controversial, beloved artists in the world: Claude Monet. But at what cost? Missouri, 2014. Sophie Noel, an emerging artist and daughter of renowned artist Josephine de Lue, holds an extraordinary imagination, but a year after the unexpected deaths of her father and husband, she cannot imagine a way to "move on" from loss-or the buried childhood memory trying to resurface that would have torn her family apart. To cop