The French photographer / Natasha Lester.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : Hachette Australia, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Description: 430 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780733643378Subject(s): Miller, Lee, 1907-1977 | Miller, Lee, 1907-1977 -- Fiction | Vogue (London, England) | Modern & contemporary fiction | Families -- Fiction | Biographical fiction | Museum curators | Photojournalists | Women photographers | Reims Mountain (France) -- Fiction | Historical fiction | Novel -- English -- Australia -- 21st century -- Texts | Australian fiction | Photojournalists -- Fiction | Museum curators -- Fiction | Women photographers -- Fiction | World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction | Family secrets -- Fiction | France -- Reims Mountain | Reims Mountain (France) -- Fiction | Australian | AustralianGenre/Form: Australian fiction -- 21st century | Historical fiction | Biographical fiction | Australian fiction -- 21st century | Fiction. | Historical fiction. | Australian fiction | Australian fiction | Biographical fiction. | Historical fiction. DDC classification: A823.4 LOC classification: PR9619.4.L48 | F74 2019Summary: Inspired by the incredible true story of Lee Miller, Vogue model turned one of the first female war photojournalists, the new novel by the bestselling author of The Paris seamstress, Paris, 1942: When Jessica May's successful modelling career in Manhattan is abruptly cut short, she is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for Vogue. But when she arrives the army men make her life as difficult as possible. Three friendships change that: journalist Martha Gellhorn encourages Jess to bend the rules, paratrooper Dan Hallworth takes her to places to shoot pictures and write stories that matter, and a little girl, Victorine, who has grown up in a field hospital, shows her love. But success comes at a price. France, 2005: Australian curator D'Arcy Hallworth arrives at a beautiful chateau to manage a famous collection of photographs. What begins as just another job becomes far more disquieting as D'Arcy uncovers the true identity of the mysterious photographer - and realises that she is connected to D'Arcy's own mother, Victorine.
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Scheduled to be published March 2019.
Inspired by the incredible true story of Lee Miller, Vogue model turned one of the first female war photojournalists, the new novel by the bestselling author of The Paris seamstress, Paris, 1942: When Jessica May's successful modelling career in Manhattan is abruptly cut short, she is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for Vogue. But when she arrives the army men make her life as difficult as possible. Three friendships change that: journalist Martha Gellhorn encourages Jess to bend the rules, paratrooper Dan Hallworth takes her to places to shoot pictures and write stories that matter, and a little girl, Victorine, who has grown up in a field hospital, shows her love. But success comes at a price. France, 2005: Australian curator D'Arcy Hallworth arrives at a beautiful chateau to manage a famous collection of photographs. What begins as just another job becomes far more disquieting as D'Arcy uncovers the true identity of the mysterious photographer - and realises that she is connected to D'Arcy's own mother, Victorine.
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