Mona's EyesMona's Eyes

Ten-year-old Mona and her beloved grandfather have only fifty-two Wednesdays to visit fifty-two works of art and commit to memory "all that is beautiful in the world" before Mona loses her sight forever.
Every Wednesday, Henry picks up Mona after school and takes her to see a great work of art. Just one. A different masterpiece every Wednesday for a year. Fifty-two weeks of consummate beauty before that beauty vanishes from Mona's sight forever. Together, Mona and her grandfather will experience a full range of emotions; their enchantment as well as their sadness will be complete. From Botticelli to Basquiat, Mona will discover not only the power of art but also the meaning of generosity, doubt, melancholy, loss, and revolt. Each week, a new work of art, and each week another step toward an open-hearted embrace of life. Mona's Eyes is Thomas Schlesser's American debut. It arrives after having topped bestseller lists across Europe. Witht he brio of a novelist, the erudition of an art historian, and the exuberance of one who is alive to life's wonders, Schlesser has written a heartfelt novel destined to delight and inspire all readers. --