Eleven-year-old Prudence Ashton is sent to live with her
father in Jerusalem in 1920. Her mother's health, both
mental and physical, is declining and Prue must leave
England. Charles Ashton is an architect mapping out
gardens and making improvements in the Holy City. His
mission here is to modernize Jerusalem and bring it into
the twentieth century. But Prue is not sure this is where
she belongs; however, she has never been sure she belongs
anywhere. Several interesting people intersect her life
here and take an interest in her for various reasons;
some to help her adjust to the move and some have
subversive interests. There is growing unrest in
Jerusalem to remove the British from the city. Is she
really safe here?
Years later, Prudence is somewhat settled in the seaside
village of Shoreham, England with her son Skip. Her life
has been unusual, to say the least. She's estranged from
her husband and working on the real love of her life,
sculpting in marble and stone. But a friend from her time
in Jerusalem pays her a visit, and the more stable world
she's trying to carve out for herself and her son is turned
upside down. Will her life ever be tranquil and
harmonious? Will she ever have a real sense of belonging?
Or will she forever find herself displaced?
THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIFE takes place between the two major
wars. Suzanne Joinson begins this epic saga in 1920,
during the aftermath of World War I, and ends it in 1942,
in the midst of World War II. Ms. Joinson employees
flashbacks and flash-forwards throughout the telling of
the story to fill in the gaps, keep you guessing as to
the outcome, and masterfully weave an intriguing plot that
will keep you turning pages. Prudence is a very
precocious character, surrounded by several fascinating
supporting characters. It's a story about the trial
and adventures of our lives defining us and making us who
we are. It's not a story for the faint of heart. THE
PHOTOGRAPHER'S WIFE is a story not to be missed!
In 1920s Jerusalem, eleven-year-old Prudence watches her
architect father launch an ambitious (and crazy) plan to
redesign the Holy City by importing English parks to the
desert. He employs a British pilot, William Harrington, to
take aerial photographs of the city, and soon Prue becomes
uncomfortably aware of the attraction flaring between
Harrington and Eleanora, the young English wife of a famous
Jerusalem photographer.
Palestine has been a surprisingly
harmonious mix of British colonials, exiled Armenians, and
Greek, Arab, and Jewish officials rubbing elbows, but there
are simmers of trouble ahead. When Harrington learns that
Eleanora's husband is part of an underground group intent on
removing the British, a dangerous game begins.
Years later, in 1937, Prue is an artist living a reclusive
life by the sea when Harrington pays her a surprise visit.
What he reveals unravels her world, and she must follow the
threads that lead her back to secrets long-ago buried in
Jerusalem.
The Photographer's Wife is a powerful story of betrayal:
between father and daughter, between husband and wife, and
between nations and people, set in the complex period
between the two world wars.
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