title: A Perfect Square
author:  Isobel Blackthorn 
description: "Similar to Kandinsky's brush that flawlessly moves from concrete to abstract, and from material to spiritual, A Perfect Square delicately blends family romance, art history, esoteric theories, and human drama as it traces the main protagonist's search for her father that imperceptibly becomes the search for wisdom and transcendence." Vladimir Golstein, Professor of Russian literature, Browns University, NY. "Across two continents, two sets of mothers and daughters are united by a dark mystery. A Perfect Square is a fine novel about the power of art to heal, and to disturb." David Whish Wilson, author of Zero at the Bone.
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  # A Perfect Square
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Isobel Blackthorn
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  # Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Acknowledgments](part0005.html#4OIQ0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  I. [Construction](part0006.html#5N3C0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0007_split_000.html#6LJU0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0008_split_000.html#7K4G0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0009_split_000.html#8IL20-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0010_split_000.html#9H5K0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0011_split_000.html#AFM60-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0012_split_000.html#BE6O0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  II.
  [Composition](part0013_split_000.html#CCNA0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0014_split_000.html#DB7S0-8ccb49eb554841918c36968eabdf7e3c)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part00