Still Life

A Good Morning America Book Club Pick A Veranda Magazine Book Club Pick A captivating,bigheartedrichly tapestried story of people brought together by lovewarartfloodand the ghost of E. M. Forsterby the celebrated author of Tin Man. Tuscany1944: As Allied troops advance and bombs fall around deserted villagesa young English soldierUlysses Temperfinds himself in the wine cellar of a deserted villa. Therehe has a chance encounter with Evelyn Skinnera middle-aged art historian who has come to Italy to salvage paintings from the ruins and recall long-forgotten memories of her own youth. In each otherUlysses and Evelyn find a kindred spirit amidst the rubble of war-torn Italyand set off on a course of events that will shape Ulysses’s life for the next four decades. As Ulysses returns home to Londonreimmersing himself in his crew at The Stoat and ParotΓÇöa motley mix of pub crawlers and eccentricsΓÇöhe carries his time in Italy with him. And when an unexpected inheritance brings him back to where it all beganUlysses knows better than to tempt fateand returns to the Tuscan hills. With beautiful proseextraordinary tendernessand bursts of humor and lightStill Life is a sweeping portrait of unforgettable individuals who come together to make a familyand a deeply drawn celebration of beauty and love in all its forms.