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The Age of Light (Hardcover)
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The Age of Light (Hardcover)
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'Scharer captures the thrill of artistic creation and the swirling
hedonism of Paris's beautiful people.' The Times Model. Muse.
Lover. Artist. 'I'd rather take a picture than be one,' Lee Miller
declares, as she arrives in Paris one cool day in 1929. Lee has
left behind her life in New York and a successful modelling career
at Vogue to pursue her dream of becoming a photographer. She soon
catches the eye of renowned Surrealist artist Man Ray and convinces
him to hire her as his assistant. Man is an egotistical,
charismatic force, and as Lee becomes both his muse and his
protege, they embark upon a passionate affair. Lee and Man spend
their days working closely in the studio and their nights at smoky
cabarets, opium dens and wild parties. But as Lee begins to assert
herself, and to create pioneering work of her own, Man's jealousy
spirals out of control, and leads to a betrayal that threatens to
destroy them both . . . Transporting us from bohemian Paris to the
battlefields of WWII, The Age of Light is a powerful and
intoxicating story about love, obsession and the personal price of
ambition. Based on the incredible true story, in her debut novel
Whitney Scharer brings a brilliant and revolutionary artist out of
the shadow of a man's legacy, and into the light. 'Whitney
Scharer's storytelling is utterly immersive and gorgeous in its
details . . . powerful, sensual and gripping.' Madeleine Miller,
author of Circe
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