Earth and HeavenIn the aftermath of the First World War, the painter Walter Cox cherishes the place of his childhood to keep the pulse of his art alive. Haunted by his work, his young daughter Meredith has her own fight: to quell the power of her inner life. Deeply affecting, shot through with a shimmering apprehension of the natural world, EARTH AND HEAVEN is about life's fragility, and the power of love and painting to disturb, renew and reveal us to ourselves. |
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User Review - DauntlessGirl - LibraryThingEarth and Heaven is an exquisitely written, slow-buring story about families, memory, the trauma of loss and war, and above all about the creation of art in the years between the two world wars. The ... Read full review