Sweet Caress - William Boyd

THE TOP TEN SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Amory's first memory is of her father doing a handstand. She has memories of him returning on leave during the First World War. But his absences both actual and emotional are what she chiefly remembers. It is her photographer uncle Greville who supplies the emotional bond she needs and when he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons in photography unleashes a passion that will irrevocably shape her future. A spell at boarding school ends abruptly and Amory begins an apprenticeship with Greville in London living in his flat in Kensington earning two pounds a week photographing socialites for fashionable magazines. But Amory is hungry for more and her search for life love and artistic expression will take her to the demi monde of Berlin of the late 1920s to New York of the 1930s to the Blackshirt riots in London and to France in the Second World War where she becomes one of the first women war photographers. Her desire for experience will lead Amory to further wars to lovers husbands and children as she continues to pursue her dreams and battle her demons. In this enthralling story of a life fully lived William Boyd has created a sweeping panorama of some of the most defining moments of modern history told through the camera lens of one unforgettable woman Amory Clay. It is his greatest achievement to date.

TITLE: Sweet Caress

AUTHOR: William Boyd

SKU: 9781408867983

PUBLISHER: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

DATE PUBLISHED: 27/08/2015

PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom

PAGES: 464

BINDING: Paperback / softback

LANGUAGE: English

DIMENSIONS: 153 mm x 234 mm

WEIGHT: 689 gr