The Age of Light
07 February 2019Imprint: Picador
Synopsis
'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...
Details
07 February 2019320 pages
9781509889136Imprint: Picador
Reviews
Scharer captures the thrill of artistic creation and the swirling hedonism of Paris’s beautiful people.The Times
In incandescent prose, Whitney Scharer has created an unforgettable heroine discovering her passion, her independence, and her art – and what she must sacrifice to have them.Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere
I adored this novel. It’s sumptuous and enveloping and beautifully told . . . I can’t believe this is a debut novel - it is so wonderfully assured. Stunning.Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us
Transporting you into Lee Miller’s life, and her struggles to be taken seriously in a man’s world. This is a powerful, sensual and gripping portrait of the forging of an artist’s soul.Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe
