The Photographers Wife

Posted on 26 March 2017 by Nick Alexander

From the author of the 1 bestsellers, The French House, The Half Life of Hannah and The Case of The Missing Boyfriend, Alexander s new novel, The Photographer s Wife is an epic tale set in two eras, a tale of the secrets one generation has, rightly or wrongly, chosen to hide from the next.Barbara a child of the Blitz has secrets than she cares to admit She has protected her children from many of the harsh realities of life and told them little of the poverty of her childhood, nor of the darker side of her marriage to one of Britain s most famous photographers With such an incomplete picture of the past, her youngest, Sophie, has struggled to understand who her parents really are, and in turn, Barbara sometimes worries, to build her own identity When Sophie, decides to organise a vast retrospective exhibition of her adored father s work, old photos are pulled from dusty boxes But with them tumble stories from the past, stories and secrets that will challenge every aspect of how Sophie sees her parents. Download The Photographers Wife by Nick Alexander – kino-fada.fr I really cannot find one negative thing to say about this book.I ve been a fan of Nick Alexander s writing for quite some time now, and have read almost all his published works Some I have enjoyedthan others, but I would definitely say I am a fan.This however is, to me, the best piece of writing Nick has done so far There is a real maturity in the feel of the book But it s not heavy in any way it flows so well that I was in real danger of staying up all night to attempt to finish it in I really cannot find one negative thing to say about this book.I ve been a fan of Nick Alexander s writing for quite some time now, and have read almost all his published works Some I have enjoyedthan others, but I would definitely say I am a fan.This however is, to me, the best piece of writing Nick has done so far There is a real maturity in the feel of the book But it s not heavy in any way it flows so well that I was in real danger of staying up all night to attempt to finish it in one go.The format tells the story in two separate eras, and gradually you begin to work out t...This really is not a good book It s a deeply mediocre book at best and I would have given it three stars however the regular inclusion of lazy and irrelevant cliches, and an eye wateringly clumsy metaphor of the protagonist comparing her life to a lasagna enforced me to cut a star.The final few chapters were just terrible the sudden inclusion of a major character trait which I assume was meant to ramp up the drama of it all and yet just made the person evenunbelievable, ...The Photographer s Wife is my third outing with Nick Alexander and he is turning out to be an author I really like This is the story of Barbara and her daughter Sophie Sophie is trying to persuade her mother to help her with an exhibition of her late father s photography, something Barbara is reluctant to get involved with and for very good reasons.The story is told in two time frames, and I particularly loved the parts of the book that told Barbara s life story We first meet her as a five ye The Photographer s Wife is my third outing with Nick Alexander and he is turning out to be an author I really like This is the story of Barbara and her daughter...The Photographer s Wife Nick AlexanderThis is the first novel by this author I have read I chose it because it was billed as a dual time frame historical novel combined with a contemporary story , which is a genre I quite like I also like photography I dislike poorly researched and slap dash history and silly errors This book had none of those The book was arty without being farty, psychological without being overly pretentious, and had a certain humour in that the characters do not take th The Photographer s Wife Nick AlexanderThis is the first novel by this author I have read I chose it because it was billed as a dual time frame historical novel combined with a contemporary story , which is a genre I quite like I also like photography I dislike poorly researched and slap dash history and silly errors This book had none of those The book was arty without being farty, psychological without being overly pretentious, and had a certain humour in that the characters do not take themselves too seriously, and when they do it makes for a particular flavour of humour the book , in places, laughs at itself I did not give it 5 stars because 5 is for something absolute This may nearly be there wold really go to 4.5 It is beyond good but not sure if it will be ...This was not a very satisfying read for me For starters I didn t really believe in the characters enough to be really hooked I d figured out the secret in the story quite early on and I found Sophie and Brett, the modern characters at the heart of the story, rather two dimensional cliched portrayals of urban media types who it was hard to believe in The central relationship between Sophie and her mother, Barbara, was handled clumsily The reader was expected to understand the obvious reaso This was not a very satisfying read for me For starters I didn t really believe in the characters enough to be really hooked I d figured out the secret in the story quite early on and I found Sophie and Brett, the modern characters at the heart of the story, rather two dimensional cliched portrayals of urban media types who it was hard to believe in The central relationship between Sophie and her mother, Barbara, was handled clumsily The reader was expected to understand the obvious reasons why this relationship was difficult, even though it was never explored fully By far the best part of this story was the detailed account of Barbara s impoverished childhood and younger years during the war and into the 1950s I thought the writer was at his most confident telling this part of the story and as my own parents grew up in London during WW2 I could totally relate to the authenticity and detail of this part of the story I feel that if Nick Alexander had let this p...LA RECENSIONE COMPLETA QUI Ho scelto questo romanzo perch strutturato come uno storico temporale combinato con una storia contemporanea, un viaggio temporale che ingloba la seconda guerra mondiale fino ai tempi odierni Questa la storia di Barbara e di sua figlia Sophie, due generazioni, due tempi diversi e tanti segreti che li separano I protagonisti trasmettono al lettore l a per la fotografia, il dolor...Barbara und ihre ltere Schwester Glenda haben die Bombardierung Londons im Schutzbunker und fast immer hungrig berlebt Wenn ihr nicht brav seid, werdet ihr nach Wales aufs Land evakuiert, hatte ihre Mutter stets gedroht, die von der st ndigen Angst und der Fabrikarbeit v llig ersch pft war Nach Kriegsende lernt die lebenslustige Barbara zu Anfang der 50er Jahre in ihrem ersten Urlaub in Eastbourne den ungeheuer charmanten Tony kennen Tony arbeitet zun chst als Motorrad Kurier f r Londoner T Barbara und ihre ltere Schwester Glenda haben die Bombardierung Londons im Schutzbunker und fast immer hungrig berlebt Wenn ihr nicht brav seid, werdet ihr nach Wales aufs Land evakuiert, hatte ihre Mutter stets gedroht, die von der st ndigen Angst und der Fabrikarbeit v llig ersch pft war Nach Kriegsende lernt die lebenslustige Barbara zu Anfang der 50er Jahre in ihrem ersten Urlaub in Eastbourne den ungeheuer charmanten Tony kennen Tony arbeitet zun chst als Motorrad Kurier f r Londoner Tageszeitungen und sp ter als Fotograf.Auf einer zweiten Zeitebene will im Jahr 2012 Barbaras Tochter eine Retrospektive f r das Werk ihres lange verstorbenen Vaters Tony organisieren, in der sie Fotos ihres Vaters und ihre eigenen ...I read the Half life of Hannah and thoroughly enjoyed it so was very much looking forward to reading this one First of all, it is a completely different kind of book, set in wartime Britain as we discover Barabara s childhood, through to the present day and her daughter Sophie Once again it is very well written with just the right amount of detail and superbly drawn characters As Sophie decides to launch a retrospective of her father s photographic career, s...After stumbling across Nick Alexander quite by accident, I read other halves and half life of Hannah and fell in love with his writing As soon as his new book The Photographers Wife was released I was on to it as soon as I could and was not at all disappointed This book had me engrossed from the beginning and I found it hard to put down An excellent and very believable story that I can honestly say I enjoyed from start to finish.Nick...4 stars for the Photographer s Wife But only 2 for the Photographer s Daughter which occupies much of the bookI thoroughly enjoyed the chapters describing Barbara s life, starting with poverty in London during the Blitz I was interested by the social and personal situation the book described, and enjoyed the pace.On the other hand I found c...

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26 March 2017

Nick Alexander