TY - BOOK AU - Lester, Natasha, TI - The French photographer SN - 9780733640025 U1 - A823.4 23 PY - 2019/// CY - Sydney, N.S.W. : PB - Hachette Australia, KW - Miller, Lee, KW - Photojournalists KW - Fiction. KW - Museum curators KW - Fiction KW - Women photographers KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - Family secrets KW - Reims Mountain (France) KW - Australian fiction KW - 21st century KW - Historical fiction KW - lcgft N2 - Inspired by the incredible true story of Lee Miller, Vogue model turned one of the first female war photojournalists, the new novel by the bestselling author of The Paris Seamstress. Manhattan, Paris, 1942: When Jessica May's successful modelling career is abruptly cut short, she is assigned to the war in Europe as a photojournalist for Vogue. But when she arrives the army men make her life as difficult as possible. Three friendships change that: journalist Martha Gellhorn encourages Jess to bend the rules, paratrooper Dan Hallworth takes her to places to shoot pictures and write stories that matter, and a little girl, Victorine, who has grown up in a field hospital, shows her love. But success comes at a price. France, 2005: Australian curator D'Arcy Hallworth arrives at a beautiful chateau to manage a famous collection of photographs. What begins as just another job becomes far more disquieting as D'Arcy uncovers the true identity of the mysterious photographer -- and realises that she is connected to D'Arcy's own mother, Victorine ER -