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The painting is the star of this lovely book, a series of stories tracing the provenance of a fictional Vermeer. ( Oh, how I wish it were real!) I liked this book very much, not so much as Donna Tartt's Goldfinch or Tracy Chevalier's exquisite Girl with a Pearl Earring. Perhaps it's because I prefer longer novels to novellas and short stories, but I wanted so much to know more of each of the caretakers of the painting after it left his or her keeping.

It's beautifully written richly depicting a range of emotionally-laden, usually sad and/or tragic, circumstances with a disciplined restraint. I will certainly read more by this author as I enjoy books about art almost as much as books about books.