⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Much more than a Coming-of-Age story"Award-winning author Donald Lystra brings us a wholly unique American heroine, Audrey Brubaker, a fierce young woman who combines the tenacity of Scarlett O'Hara with the charm of Holly Golightly. Searching for Van Gogh is a stirring novel set in 1963 in the heart of America’s industrial Midwest. Nate, a young man with a gift for math and science, rejects a comfortable future by walking away from college to pursue painting—a desperate attempt to access the emotions buried deep within him following the tragic death of his revered older brother. But Nate’s search for meaning is lonely and frustrating until he meets Audrey Brubaker, a fiercely independent woman ostracized by her family and community.Audrey, a paradox of strength and vulnerability, becomes the mentor Nate never expected, guiding him toward self-discovery. Their bond is intense, hovering on the edge of romance but never quite crossing into love. Instead, it is through Audrey’s raw, unapologetic view of the world that Nate begins to understand his brother’s death, his own pain, and the broader complexities of life.In a quixotic attempt to reclaim his brother’s body from a military cemetery in northern Michigan, the pair embarks on a road trip filled with unexpected revelations. Secrets are laid bare, boundaries blur, and Nate is forced to confront truths about his family, his brother, and himself that he never anticipated.But it is Audrey who ultimately needs Nate’s emotional insight, and in a devastating turn, she seeks redemption in the most unexpected way—forcing Nate to tap into the very depths of empathy and courage he’s been struggling to uncover.Searching for Van Gogh is a haunting, poignant tale of love, loss, and self-discovery, capturing the turbulent spirit of 1960s America and the uncharted territory of the human heart.Readers are LOVING this wonderful book:⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️"The story and the characters are marvelous. One has to love Audrey with all her eccentricities and flaws. How did (the author) manage to do that?"- Dennis Turner, author of the bestselling "What Did You Do During the War, Sister?"⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "Don't miss this one..... There is a deliberate carefulness, a delicacy even, that characterizes Lystra's writing..... I'm not sure how he does it, but it works...... And in the process, he is doing the writer's job - telling the truth, one true sentence at a time. This is fine writing of the highest caliber. My very highest recommendation." – TIM BAZZETT, author of BOOKLOVER and four other titles⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ "This is such a beautiful coming-of-age novel about two young people who connect over traumatic events they slowly reveal to one another......Lystra takes a magnifying glass to the moments of possibility...... As the novel progresses, Lystra whittles the truth out of the events the characters experience in a way that feels exactly right as you arrive at the very last page. A wonderful novel." – Amazon Reviewer⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ “Calling this book a coming-of-age story doesn't do it justice… set in1963 America, in the backdrop of the Vietnam War and the Kennedy assassination…. Mr. Lystra has given the reader much to think about which may be equally pertinent in the very troubled America we live in today.” –Goodreads reviewerDon't wait! Get your copy now and embark on a moving journey that will stay with you long after the last page is turned.
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