She’s disheartened and disillusioned by the machinations the quest reveals of an esoteric, sometimes unscrupulous art world. Though immersed in art, she’s naïve about life. For her, these ancient manuscripts elicit cherished memories of children’s picture books her mother read to her, nourishing a passion for art. She joins a quest for the provenance of stolen illuminated manuscripts, a medieval art form that languished with the fifteenth century invention of the printing press. She thinks it’s time to settle in a place she could call home. Clarissa Martinez, a biracial young woman, has lived in seven different countries by the time she turns twenty.
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