Jim Lively

Through the Eyes of Emma Jim Lively

A story of a remarkable eleven year old girl named Emma and the unlikely friendship she develops with a fifty year old artist. Emma has an uncanny ability to interpret and help the artist understand what experiences in his life have influenced his paintings. Does she possess a special intuitive "gift" or does she just have a vivid imagination for an eleven year old? Through his friendship with Emma, the artist finds closure on some painful personal tragedies and happiness with the course his life has taken. "Through the Eyes of Emma" is Jim Lively's third book containing images of his art work. It is the first novel that he has written incorporating images of his actual paintings and making these paintings integral components to a fictional storyline.