The Flamboyant Tree: A Memoir

"Manette van Hamel - writer, artist, sculptor and jewelry maker, musician, diplomat's wife, and mother of three - traveled extensively, living in Europe, Southeast Asia, and North and South America. As her life unfolds, one realizes she is the tree, the Flamboyant Tree - roots embedded in earth, enduring under a painted sky...each flower, each leaf, a story. "