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In this "engaging modern-day fairy tale" (Kirkus Reviews), Whose Beauty is Past Change tells the story of Lissa, a young girl who journeys through beautiful distractions to find a fantastic undersea realm.

At sunset in Key West, twelve-year-old Lissa falls into the gulf of Mexico and is swept out along a mysterious golden path she discovers on the sea floor. Using her knowledge of art and poetry (learned from her parents), she navigates past the beautiful entanglements and curious guardians of the reef.

Finally she arrives in the realm of Kwest, where all are devoted to creating the sunrise and sunset. There, after proving herself, Lissa is offered a choice: to return to her old life or stay and become a painter of sunsets.

Intended to inspire and encourage young poets and artists, the book quotes major poets such as E. E. Cummings, Emily Dickinson, Percy Bysshe Shelley, William Wordsworth, Ralph Waldo Emerson, William Blake, Wallace Stevens, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and John Keats.

For advanced middle-grade and YA readers.

Publishers Note: This book was previously published under the title Painting Sunsets.

Author's Dedication:

I was not healthy as a child, asthma that kept me indoors for weeks, whole months of school missed, severe bouts of pneumonia. During these, according to my father, there were times when he did not think I would make it. I don't remember that.

But I do remember my mother sitting with me, night after night, as I struggled to breathe, vaporizer on full blast, cooling my fever and reading to me to keep me calm and entertained. Most clearly I remember her reading Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner, doing all the voices. I still hear her voice when I read them. And I still read them to hear her voice.

This book is dedicated to her.