MAL Book Club: "Girl with a Pearl Earring"

Please join Marlene Boas and Jan Pini for the next meeting of the MAL Art and Artists Book Club! Come even if you haven't read the book! And bring your ideas for the next book to read.

We will meet to discuss "Girl with a Pearl Earring" by Tracy Chevalier. (For those reading challenged, it was made into a movie. And you might want to catch "Tim's Vermeer", a movie about how Vermeer painted, including using the Camera Obscura.)

Here's Amazon's synopsis: Tracy Chevalier transports readers to a bygone time and place in this richly-imagined portrait of the young woman who inspired one of Vermeer's most celebrated paintings. 
History and fiction merge seamlessly in this luminous novel about artistic vision and sensual awakening. Girl with a Pearl Earring tells the story of sixteen-year-old Griet, whose life is transformed by her brief encounter with genius . . . even as she herself is immortalized in canvas and oil.

Feel free to read the book and add to the discussion. And bring friends and snacks! A voluntary donation of $5 is requested.