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Still Life: A GMA Book Club Pick (A Novel)
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A book that transports the reader to a sunny Italian courtyard in the 1950’s, celebrated for its prose and characters.
Still Life by Sarah Winman is a captivating, lively novel of people brought together by love, war, art, flood, and the ghost of E. M. Forster. Set in Tuscany during 1944 and beyond, it tells the story of a chance encounter between Ulysses Temper, a young English soldier, and Evelyn Skinner, a middle-aged art historian. Their kindred spirit amongst the rubble of war-torn Italy sets off a series of events that shape Ulysses's life for the next four decades. This book takes readers from London to Italy, exploring the power of love and art and celebrating the beauty of life in all its forms.