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    The Things We Don't Say: A Novel
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    The Things We Don't Say: A Novel

    Written by Ella Carey

    Narrated by Henrietta Meire

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A beguiling painting holds the secrets of a woman's past and calls into question everything she thought she knew about the man she loved…

    Nearly sixty years ago, renowned London artist Patrick Adams painted his most famous work: a portrait of his beloved Emma Temple, a fellow bohemian with whom he shared his life. Years after Patrick's death, ninety-year-old Emma still has the painting hanging over her bed at their country home as a testament to their love.

    To Emma's granddaughter, Laura, the portrait is also a symbol of so much to come. The masterpiece is serving as collateral to pay Laura's tuition at a prestigious music school. Then the impossible happens when an appraiser claims the painting is a fraud. For Laura, the accusation jeopardizes her future. For Emma, it casts doubt on everything she believed about her relationship with Patrick. Laura is determined to prove that Patrick did indeed paint the portrait. Both her grandmother's and Patrick's legacies are worth fighting for.

    As the stories of two women entwine, it's time for Emma to summon up the past—even at the risk of revealing its unspoken secrets.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateJul 1, 2018
    ISBN9781543689990
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    • 3/5
      I liked the beginning and the ending but the middle bogged down for me. The story centers around the provenance of a painting that's been used as collateral for a loan. For some reason, during the course of the loan, a museum has asked to use the painting in an exhibit. I'm not sure why Emma agreed to lend the painting to them. In the course of events, the museum sends someone (Ewan) to authenticate the painting. His report to them that the artist who painted it is not who they think it is makes waves--the NY Times picks up the story, causing the bank to negate Emma's granddaughter Laura's loan and threatening her schooling in music.I am conflicted about the character Laura. I admire that she's trying to protect her grandmother from the news that the painting she thinks was made by her beloved companion may not be, but she comes off as a spoiled rich kid pouting that she can't continue her violin training and it will ruin her life. She seems to have little common sense about how she can get the bank to continue her loan--thinking she can just have her grandmother's say so about the painting and it will all be resolved, yet she also tries to negotiate that they will not take her grandmother's things to settle the loan because she doesn't want her elderly grandmother to have to give up what is familiar to her. The story alternates between the 1980s and the early 1920s to unravel the mystery of how the painting is or is not the work of Patrick Adams.
    • 3/5
      This dual line historical fiction novel takes place in London in 1980 and France in 1913. The time lines are told by a grandmother and her granddaughter and mesh together perfectly to bring a fantastic story about the art world of the early part of the century.1913 - Emma is an artist and a free thinker. She lives to paint and when she falls in love with Patrick, a fellow painter, she feels that her life is complete and they shared their lives together for over 50 years despite the fact that he was homosexual. He painted her portrait when they first met and she kept it hanging over her bed.1980 - Emma is 90 years old when an art appraiser decides that the portrait that Patrick painted is a fraud and was painted by one of his students. This will not only make her question her relationship with Patrick - how could he have lied to her? but it also effects her granddaughter Laura and her studies at a prestigious music school. Her tuition was being paid by the collateral on the painting and if the painting is a fraud, then the painting is worthless and the bank will call in the loan. Laura needs to prove that the painting was done by Patrick and she works with the appraiser to try to find out the truth.Emma must face the truth of her past to help Laura gain her future.This is an excellent historical fiction novel with two time lines that intermingle to give the reader the answers to the mystery of the painting.