Barbara Cole Books

Set in 19th century England, the story explores the struggles of women facing societal limitations and domestic abuse. Rachel, trapped in a marriage to a cruel husband, reflects on her lost love, Joseph, who went to fight in the Napoleonic Wars. The narrative spans generations, revealing how Rachel's great-granddaughter confronts her own romantic disappointments, echoing the challenges of the past. Themes of love, resilience, and the fight for autonomy resonate throughout this poignant tale.

Author Barbara Cole, Ph.D., was once gifted a sweater from an unknown Costa Rican lawyer who had been vacationing in the house next door; the lawyer overdid the shopping and couldn't fit the sweater in her luggage to take back home. That gift turned out to be much larger than the sweater because it led Cole to do some serious thinking about gifts she had received and given over the years. Her extended trek into gifting led her to explore the history of gifting, gift giving in other cultures, the practice of regifting, the strategy of gifting, and how to handle receiving gifts that are totally unexpected or even painful. Cole's book is itself a gift, a reflection on the virtues of giving and receiving, an admission of the stress often associated with gift giving, and a peak into the element of surprise associated with gifting. Cole shows us what we all know to be true: be they cheap and gaudy or expensive and luxurious, there's more to a gift than what meets the eye.

GROSSFORMAT: 27,5 x 34 cm , 208 Seiten Sprachen: Deutsch, Englisch - 160 herausragende Kunstwerke - der erste Bildband der kanadischen Künstlerin - Eine unvergleichliche Verbindung von Fotografie und dem Element Wasser - Eine faszinierende, der Zeit entrückte Bildsprache - Mit digitalem Zusatzcontent in der teNeues-App Ästhetische Farbfotografie unter Wasser, das ist das Thema dieses einzigartigen Bildbandes der kanadischen Künstlerin Barbara Cole. In ihrem ganz eigenen Stil spielt die Künstlerin mit Licht und Reflexionen und lässt dabei Bilder entstehen, die schwerelos und fast wie gemalt wirken.