The Black Velvet Coat, Jill G. Hall
The Black Velvet Coat, Jill G. Hall
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The Black Velvet Coat
A Novel

Author: Jill G. Hall

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 10 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 09/29/2017

Categories: Fiction, Fantasy, Women

Synopsis

Twenty-eight-year-old struggling San Francisco artist Anne McFarland is determined to get a one-woman show, even though no one, including herself, believes she can do it. But when she buys a coat at a thrift shop with a key in its pocket, strange, even magical, occurrences begin to unfold, and she is inspired to create her best work ever.

Fifty years earlier, it's 1963, and the coat's original owner, young heiress Sylvia Van Dam, is headed toward a disastrous marriage with a scoundrel. In a split-second reaction she does the unimaginable, which propels her on a trip of self-discovery to nature-filled Northern Arizona. When Anne and Sylvia’s lives intersect, they are both forced to face their fears—and, in the process, realize their true potential.

About Jill G. Hall

Jill G. Hall facilitates creativity groups for artists of all types and curates exhibitions at Inspirations Gallery, NTC at Liberty Station. Her poems have been published in A Year in Ink, Wild Women, Wild Voices, City Works Press, Serving House Journal, and The Avocet. She resides in San Diego with her husband, Jerry, and beagle-bassett, Lucy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Carol

It was a bit unusual all the way around. It's a story told through various objects found in a thrift shop and mysteriously interwoven into the lives of the two female characters, expanding across the generations until Anne, the artist, meets Sylvia, the now elderly original owner of the items that A......more

Goodreads review by Jenny

Just the title of this book intrigued me. This is the author's debut novel. I knew there had to be an interesting story behind the coat. Anne McFarland is a starving artist looking for her big break. She buys a black velvet coat at the thrift store. She finds an old key in the pocket and her creativ......more

Goodreads review by Barbara

Thank you to Books Sparks for the opportunity to read and review this book. This had many of the hallmarks I enjoy in a story, dual time periods and found objects. San Fran based struggling artist Anne is barely making ends meet. She has overdue rent, she's eating her "meals" at gallery showings, an......more

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