Learning to See: A Novel of Dorothea Lange, the Woman Who Revealed the Real America
William Morrow Paperbacks
ISBN13:
9780062686534
$15.61
At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the most iconic photographs of the 20th century, dares to be different. Now, in this riveting new novel by the author of The Other Alcott, we see the world through her eyes
In 1918, a fearless twenty-two-year old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeast, determined to make her own way as an independent woman. Renaming herself Dorothea Lange she is soon the celebrated owner of the citys most prestigious and stylish portrait studio and wife of the talented but volatile painter, Maynard Dixon. By the early 1930s, as Americas economy collapses, her marriage founders and Dorothea must find ways to support her two young sons single-handedly. Determined to expose the horrific conditions of the nations poor, she takes to the road with her camera, creating images that inspire, reform, and define the era. And when the United States enters World War II, Dorothea chooses to confront another injusticethe incarceration of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans. Learning to See is a gripping account of the ambitious woman behind the camera who risked everything for art, activism, and love. But her choices came at a steep price
- | Author: Elise Hooper
- | Publisher: William Morrow Paperbacks
- | Publication Date: Jan 22, 2019
- | Number of Pages: 384 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0062686534
- | ISBN-13: 9780062686534
- Author:
- Elise Hooper
- Publisher:
- William Morrow Paperbacks
- Publication Date:
- Jan 22, 2019
- Number of pages:
- 384 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0062686534
- ISBN-13:
- 9780062686534