The Brushstroke Legacy

Forbidden. Hidden. Denied. Can art be powerful enough to endure? Ragni Clauson's work, relationships, and body all seem to be falling apart. And she isn't convinced that spending her vacation fixing up her great-grandmother's cabin and supervising her rebellious teenage niece, Erika, will offer any much-needed rejuvenation. As Ragni and Erika clean, they begin to uncover the secret paintings and life of Nilda, Ragni's ancestor who lived in the cabin in the early 1900s. Ragni doesn't know how much she has in common with her great-grandmother, but it becomes clear Nilda faced her own struggles. Taking care of home and menfolk, fighting off locusts, raising her daughter, and finding time to paint in the midst of it all were not easy tasks. Will Nilda's passion for enduring art re-ignite Ragni's artistic soul a century later? Weaving together the stories of three generations of women,The Brushstroke Legacystirs us to believe that no matter the circumstances, we are called to use our giftsnever knowing when they might bring a stranger to a new place of hope. From the Trade Paperback edition.

Lauraine Snelling has published over fifty books, including The Healing Quilt, The Way of Women, and Saturday Morning. The recipient of the Silver Angel Award and a Romance Writers of America Golden Heart, Lauraine teaches at writers’ conferences across the country and at her home in the California Tehachapi Mountains. She and husband, Wayne, have two grown sons and a Basset Hound named Chewy.