Susan Vreeland Books in Order

Blind New Englander Jean Treadway and California rancher Forrest Holly fall in love through correspondence despite their contrasting backgrounds. Based on their lives, the novel follows their determination to build an independent marriage and raise four children on a ranch.

Susan Vreeland draws on her experience teaching English in this writing handbook for students. Designed for use in high schools and community colleges, it addresses student writing and the expectations encountered in English classes.

A professor reveals a painting he believes is a Vermeer but has hidden for decades. Linked stories trace its ownership backward through war, theft, and private lives, exploring how the mysterious portrait changes those who possess it.

This historical novel follows painter Artemisia Gentileschi from a humiliating rape trial through marriage, motherhood, and artistic recognition. Across seventeenth-century Italian cities, she struggles against her father’s betrayal and restrictive expectations while pursuing her work and an independent life.

These stories explore the effects of art on ordinary lives, from the lovers and servants surrounding famous painters to contemporary teachers, workers, and children. Susan Vreeland follows people whose encounters with artistic creation alter how they understand their world.

Canadian painter Emily Carr defies Victorian expectations to pursue art inspired by British Columbia’s forests and Indigenous communities. Her travels, friendships, and artistic development bring questions of independence, belonging, and devotion to place into the center of her life.

In the summer of 1880, Pierre-Auguste Renoir works to create a painting that will establish his artistic reputation. The novel follows the intersecting lives of the friends and models gathered on a restaurant terrace by the Seine as his composition develops.

In Gilded Age New York, Clara Driscoll leads female artisans at Louis Comfort Tiffany’s glass studio and develops innovative lamp designs. Her artistic ambitions and advocacy for the women collide with workplace restrictions, romantic choices, and the demands of independence.

Lisette Roux reluctantly leaves Paris for Provence to care for her husband’s grandfather, whose paintings awaken her appreciation of art. After war separates the family and the paintings are hidden from the Nazis, she begins a search shaped by loss, courage, and renewal.