Susan Vreeland, Author April 15, 2009

New York Times Bestselling author, Susan Vreeland writes her rich stories by entering the mind and heart of painters that have taught her to see and be more appreciative of the beauties of the visible world. Susan will speak on her latest novel, Luncheon of the Boating Party. The novel and the painting depict the summer of 1880, an exuberant postwar time when social constraints were loosening, Paris was healing, and Parisians were bursting with a desire for pleasure. The fourteen people on the terrace overlooking the Seine enjoying this moment of la vie moderne are Renoir's very real friends, her characters, whose lives unfold and connect during the course of the making of the painting.
This event will be a celebration of sight, sound, color and words! Be prepared to sit back and enjoy. In addition to her latest novel, Luncheon of the Boating Party, Susan will have several of her popular novels on hand to purchase and sign after the talk.