Monet & Oscar: The Essence of Light

Description

It was the end of WWI when Oscar, an American soldier in a French Army hospital, learned of his mother's death. With no reason to return home, Oscar decides to remain in France and sets out to find his father, an impressionist painter whose identity he never knew. Through a twist of fate, Oscar is offered a job working in Monet's world-famous garden at Giverny. Hopeful the most renowned Impressionist can help him find his father, Oscar searches for clues as Monet, tired and disheartened by his deteriorating eyesight, introduces him to his previous painting venues and Impressionist friends.

Thus begins an enthralling and beautiful story filled with art, love, passion, self-discovery and a reconciliation with the past. Set against the backdrop of Monet's famous garden, this book offers a new, historically accurate depiction of Monet told through the eyes of his fictional son.