Lily Of The Valley - Hardcover

Shea, Suzanne Strempek

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ISBN 10: 0671027107 ISBN 13: 9780671027100

Publisher: Atria, 1999

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Lily Wilk, a young artist, spends her time painting everything from fire hydrants to fancy fingernail designs in her small Massachusetts town, until the owner of a supermarket chain commissions a family portrait that helps Lily come to a new understanding of herself and her life

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WINNER OF THE 2000 NEW ENGLAND BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION AWARD FOR FICTION

Lily Wilk always knew she was destined to be an artist -- ever since she pulled a drawing kit from a grab bag on her tenth birthday. Now Lily's work is always in demand around her small Massachusetts town, where she makes her living painting fire hydrants, lettering diplomas, and applying "Gulls" and "Buoys" to restaurant bathroom doors. But when supermarket heiress Mary Ziemba commissions her to paint a family portrait, Lily senses her lifelong dream of creating a memorable masterpiece is finally within her grasp. What she discovers, however, is that dreams often take their own unexpected twists...and with each small and gentle brush stroke she applies to Mary Ziemba's painting, Lily learns more than she ever imagined about the meaning of friendship, family, and love.

With a gift for creating fiction that is "rich with an unusual sweetness" (USA Today) and filled with wry humor, bestselling author Suzanne Strempek Shea delivers a poignant and unforgettable work of art in LILY OF THE VALLEY.

About the Author:

Suzanne Strempek Shea, a former reporter for the Springfield (MA) Union-News and the Providence (RI) Journal, is the author of the highly acclaimed novels Selling the Lite of Heaven and Hoopi Shoopi Donna, both available from Washington Square Press. A freelance writer whose work has appeared in Yankee magazine, and The Philadelphia Inquirer, she lives in Bondsville, Massachusetts, with her husband Tommy, a columnist for the Union-News.

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