Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay

Name: Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay
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Présentation de l'éditeur Amory doesn't remember much about her father, as he was away during the First World War. It was her uncle Greville who steps up to give her the emotional bond she needs; he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons, and a new passion is unleashed. Leaving school, she works at a magazine photographing socialites, but she yearns for more. Her search takes her to Berlin in the 1920s, New York in the 1930s, and France in the Second World War, where she becomes one of the first ever female war photogaphers. This is an enthralling story of a life fully lived through some of the defining moments of modern history Un mot de l'auteur William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection, and most recently, the bestselling Ordinary Thunderstorms. Quatrième de couverture 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. Biographie de l'auteur William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire PostNovel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Solo, a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France williamboyd.co.uk Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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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.Biographie de l'auteurWilliam Boyd is the author of fourteen novels includingA Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award;An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize;Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama;Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, theYorkshire PostNovel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; theSunday Times bestseller,Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently,Solo, a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France williamboyd.co.uk

Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay

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Présentation de l'éditeur Amory doesn't remember much about her father, as he was away during the First World War. It was her uncle Greville who steps up to give her the emotional bond she needs; he gives her a camera and some rudimentary lessons, and a new passion is unleashed. Leaving school, she works at a magazine photographing socialites, but she yearns for more. Her search takes her to Berlin in the 1920s, New York in the 1930s, and France in the Second World War, where she becomes one of the first ever female war photogaphers. This is an enthralling story of a life fully lived through some of the defining moments of modern history Un mot de l'auteur William Boyd is the author of ten novels, including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Brazzaville Beach, winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire Post Novel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection, and most recently, the bestselling Ordinary Thunderstorms. Quatrième de couverture 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. Biographie de l'auteur William Boyd is the author of fourteen novels including A Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award; An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize; Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama; Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, the Yorkshire PostNovel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; the Sunday Times bestseller, Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently, Solo, a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France williamboyd.co.uk Afficher moinsAfficher plus

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Sweet Caress: The Many Lives of Amory Clay

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Format

Broché

Publication

05 mai 2016

Pages

464

Taille

13.4 x 19.8 x 3 cm

Poids

315

ISBN-13

9781408867990

Contenu

4ème de couverture

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.Biographie de l'auteurWilliam Boyd is the author of fourteen novels includingA Good Man in Africa, winner of the Whitbread Award and the Somerset Maugham Award;An Ice-Cream War, winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and shortlisted for the Booker Prize;Any Human Heart, winner of the Prix Jean Monnet and adapted into a BAFTA-winning Channel 4 drama;Restless, winner of the Costa Novel of the Year, theYorkshire PostNovel of the Year and a Richard & Judy selection; theSunday Times bestseller,Waiting for Sunrise and, most recently,Solo, a James Bond novel. William Boyd lives in London and France williamboyd.co.uk

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