Why did Jennifer love this book?
Born in the San Francisco Bay Area with immigrant grandparents, I couldn't put this book down.
This is the story of photographer Dorothea Lange's arrival in San Francisco in 1918, the people she met, the friends she made, the city she adopted, the pictures she took, and the artists who lived side by side in what is now Little Italy.
It is beautifully rendered with grit and tension, everything that makes for good writing. We learn about the Spanish flu, the wars, the Golden Gate Bridge, the anti-Chinese sentiment, the corrupt politicians, artists, and the great bohemians and their supporters whose steep streets bear their names.
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A dazzling novel of one of America’s most celebrated photographers, Dorothea Lange, exploring the wild years in San Francisco that awakened her career-defining grit, compassion, and daring.
“Jasmin Darznik expertly delivers an intriguing glimpse into the woman behind those unforgettable photographs of the Great Depression, and their impact on humanity.”—Susan Meissner, bestselling author of The Nature of Fragile Things
In this novel of the glittering and gritty Jazz Age, a young aspiring photographer named Dorothea Lange arrives in San Francisco in 1918. As a newcomer—and naïve one at that—Dorothea is grateful for the fast friendship of Caroline Lee, a vivacious,…