A compulsively readable and electrifying debut about an ambitious young female artist who accidentally photographs a boy falling to his deathβan image that could jumpstart her career, but would also devastate her most intimate friendship. Lu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer strugg
Self-Portrait with Boy
β Scribed by Lyon, Rachel
- Book ID
- 109854768
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 1 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781501169588
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β¦ Synopsis
A compulsively readable and electrifying debut about an ambitious young female artist who accidentally photographs a boy falling to his deathβan image that could jumpstart her career, but would also devastate her most intimate friendship.
Lu Rile is a relentlessly focused young photographer struggling to make ends meet. Working three jobs, responsible for her aging father, and worrying that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to developers, she is at a point of desperation. One day, in the background of a self-portrait, Lu accidentally captures on film a boy falling past her window to his death. The photograph turns out to be startlingly gorgeous, the best work of art she's ever made. It's an image that could change her life...if she lets it.
But the decision to show the photograph is not easy. The boy is her neighbors' son, and the tragedy brings all the building's residents together. It especially unites Lu with his beautiful grieving mother,...
Number of Words in Auth: 2
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Single Author : Rachel Lyon
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Sorted Author by LN, FN: Lyon, Rachel
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Title Parm D : Self-Portrait with Boy
Title Parm F : Self-Portrait with Boy
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