A Flickering Light
Returning to her Midwest roots, award-winning author Jane Kirkpatrick draws a page from her grandmother's photo album to capture the interplay between shadow and light, temptation and faith that marks a woman's pursuit of her dreams.
She took exquisite photographs,
but her heart was the true image exposed.
Fifteen-year-old Jessie Ann Gaebele loves nothing more than capturing a gorgeous Minnesota landscape when the sunlight casts its most mesmerizing shadows. So when F.J. Bauer hires her in 1907 to assist in his studio and darkroom, her dreams for a career in photography appear to find root in reality.
With the infamous hazards of the explosive powder used for lighting and the toxic darkroom chemicals, photography is considered a man' s profession. Yet Jessie shows remarkable talent in both the artistry and business of running a studio. She proves less skillful, however, at managing her growing attraction to the very married Mr. Bauer.
This luminous coming-of-age tale deftly exposes the intricate shadows that play across every dream worth pursuing — and the irresistible light that beckons the dreamer on.
- Author
- Jane Kirkpatrick
- Format
- paperback
- Pages
- 377
- Series
- Portraits of the Heart
- Publisher
- Waterbrook Press
- Language
- english
- ISBN
- 978-1-57856-980-9
- EAN
- 9781578569809
- Genres
- fiction, historical, audiobook, christian, photography
- Release date
- 2009
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