Anna always looked forward to summer holidays. This summer is different. Anna is sent to live with her Grandfather, an eccentric artist in his strange new studio. She's terribly afraid that she will be left alone with her books while he paints every day, the summer dragging on page after page. A chance meeting on the ferry, secret gatherings in the garden, and a painted door, quickly change Anna's perceptions. The painted door opens to exciting adventures: ancient and mysterious, dangerous and magical. Most unexpectedly, the painted door opens to opportunities for friendship and self-discovery.

Pepper (Barbara) Couëlle-Sterling divides her time between living in a log home in the Canadian Rockies with her partner and dog, Apollo, and sailing in the Caribbean sea on their sailboat. Her childhood influence of an artist father and graduate degrees in Art History from the University of Toronto have set the stage for a love of fine art and teaching. Secrets of the Painted Door is her first book.

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