The release date for the English version of 'The Age of Light' by
Whitney Scharer is Feb 2019. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
To start anew and create art rather than be molded into it, she traveled to Paris.
The Age of Light, Whitney Scharer's engrossing debut novel, chronicles the journey of Vogue model-turned-famous photographer Lee Miller and her quest to reinvent herself as an artist following a lifetime as a muse.
"I'd rather take a photograph than be one," she says upon arriving in Paris in 1929. Man Ray, the renowned surrealist, quickly notices her. Lee persuades him to take her on as his assistant and impart all of his knowledge, even though his first intention was to utilize her simply as a model. However, Man Ray proves to be a self-centered, charming force, and when they collaborate in the darkroom, their personal and professional lives merge completely, altering Lee's life forever.
As one of the first female war correspondents, Lee's journey takes us from the cabarets of bohemian Paris to the front lines of war-torn Europe during World War II. She also discovers innovative new photography techniques and documents the liberation of the concentration camps. Lee has to consider whether romantic passion and artistic ambition can coexist throughout it all, as well as what she will have to give up in order to achieve it.
This sensual, exquisitely detailed story, written in a web of intertwining timeframes, lifts the curtain on the life and career of the great and trailblazing artist Lee Miller.