I wish I’d written this book - it’s phenomenal
These days I don’t often keep hold of books, I let them out into the wilderness, I donate them to the library, but this is one that will be staying with me and I am sure I will re-read in times to come. This is the book I wish I had been able to write, it’s astonishingly good and up there with some of the best books I have ever read.
It’s really difficult to write a review that does this book justice, it has so many layers and themes. The book talks of friendship, love - father-daughter love, mother-daughter love and the passionate love for a cause that you believe in and would fight for with every cell of your being. There is fire in the bellies of these characters and a passion that you sadly rarely encounter in everyday life these days, I want to be friends with Vee and Leonie, I want to invite them over for a drink and share in their passion.
Vee is a budding photographer, living a quiet life with her father in Essex. She encounters Leonie - a strident feminist - at a strike and their lives both change forever. The book weaves the story via narrative from the 1980s, narrative from thr present day and photograph exhibition boards at Vee’s exhibition of her life’s work. Normally these different mediums and flipping between times would frustrate me, but Butland weaves such a tale, ignites so much passion that it was impossible to put this novel down. I’m off to the bookshop to buy whatever else this lady has written and urge you to read The Woman in the Photograph, it is an important tale of our times and a fabulous and passionate novel. Thank you Stephanie for sharing this with the world.
Thank you to readers first for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for and honest opinion. All opinions are my own.
It’s really difficult to write a review that does this book justice, it has so many layers and themes. The book talks of friendship, love - father-daughter love, mother-daughter love and the passionate love for a cause that you believe in and would fight for with every cell of your being. There is fire in the bellies of these characters and a passion that you sadly rarely encounter in everyday life these days, I want to be friends with Vee and Leonie, I want to invite them over for a drink and share in their passion.
Vee is a budding photographer, living a quiet life with her father in Essex. She encounters Leonie - a strident feminist - at a strike and their lives both change forever. The book weaves the story via narrative from the 1980s, narrative from thr present day and photograph exhibition boards at Vee’s exhibition of her life’s work. Normally these different mediums and flipping between times would frustrate me, but Butland weaves such a tale, ignites so much passion that it was impossible to put this novel down. I’m off to the bookshop to buy whatever else this lady has written and urge you to read The Woman in the Photograph, it is an important tale of our times and a fabulous and passionate novel. Thank you Stephanie for sharing this with the world.
Thank you to readers first for providing me with a free copy of this book in exchange for and honest opinion. All opinions are my own.