{"product_id":"eight-girls-taking-pictures-by-whitney-otto","title":"Eight Girls Taking Pictures by Whitney Otto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eBestselling author Whitney Otto’ s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEight Girls Taking Pictures\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ei s a profoundly moving portrayal of the lives of women, imagining the thoughts and circumstances that produced eight famous female photographers of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis captivating novel opens in 1917 as Cymbeline Kelley surveys the charred remains of her photography studio, destroyed in a fire started by a woman hired to help take care of the house while Cymbeline pursued her photography career. This tension— between wanting and needing to be two places at once; between domestic duty and ambition; between public and private life; between what’s seen and what’s hidden from view—echoes in the stories of the other seven women in the book. Among them: Amadora Allesbury, who creates a world of color and whimsy in an attempt to recapture the joy lost to WWI; Clara Argento, who finds her voice working alongside socialist revolutionaries in Mexico; Lenny Van Pelt, a gorgeous model who feels more comfortable photographing the deserted towns of the French countryside after WWII than she does at a couture fashion shoot; and Miri Marx, who has traveled the world taking pictures, but also loves her quiet life as a wife and mother in her New York apartment. Crisscrossing the world and a century, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEight Girls Taking Pictures\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis an affecting meditation on the conflicts women face and the choices they make. These memorable characters seek extraordinary lives through their work, yet they also find meaning and reward in the ordinary tasks of motherhood, marriage, and domesticity. Most of all, this novel is a vivid portrait of women in love—in love with men, other women, children, their careers, beauty, and freedom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs she did in her bestselling novel \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eHow to Make an American Quilt,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhitney Otto offers a finely woven, textured inquiry into the intersecting lives of women. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eEight Girls Taking Pictures\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis her most ambitious book: a bold, immersive, and unforgettable narrative that shows how the art, loves, and lives of the past influence our present.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":" Seattle Book Club","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48061092102329,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0703\/3946\/1305\/files\/61hC-9eWX3L._SL1000.jpg?v=1783632032","url":"https:\/\/www.seattlebookclub.com\/products\/eight-girls-taking-pictures-by-whitney-otto","provider":" Seattle Book Club","version":"1.0","type":"link"}