The Hare with the Amber Eyes: A Family's Century of Art and Loss, Edmund deWaal

The Ephrussis were a grand banking family, as rich and respected as the Rothschilds, who “burned like a comet” in nineteenth-century Paris and Vienna society. Yet by the end of World War II, almost the only thing remaining of their vast empire was a collection of 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them larger than a matchbox.

The Hare with the Amber Eyes will be the third book discussed at the Art of Reading Book Club on Saturday, February 23rd, 2013 at 10:00 in the Museum's library. Please RSVP for The Art of Reading Bookclub by calling 619-696-1941.