{"product_id":"learning-to-see-paperback","title":"Learning to See - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElise Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you liked \u003cem\u003eSold on a Monday \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBeautiful Exiles, \u003c\/em\u003eyou'll love this novel about strong-willed trailblazing photographer, Dorothea Lange, whose fame grew during World War II and the Great Depression. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Hooper excels at humanizing giants....seamlessly weaving together the time, places and people in Lange's life...For photo buffs and others familiar with her vast body of work, reading the book will be like discovering the secret backstory of someone they thought they knew.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e--\u003cem\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1918, a fearless twenty-two-year old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeast, determined to make her own way as an independent woman. Renaming herself Dorothea Lange she is soon the celebrated owner of the city's most prestigious and stylish portrait studio and wife of the talented but volatile painter, Maynard Dixon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the early 1930s, as America's economy collapses, her marriage founders and Dorothea must find ways to support her two young sons single-handedly. Determined to expose the horrific conditions of the nation's poor, she takes to the road with her camera, creating images that inspire, reform, and define the era. And when the United States enters World War II, Dorothea chooses to confront another injustice--the incarceration of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the most iconic photographs of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e century, dares to be different. But her choices came at a steep price...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAt a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning, Dorothea Lange, creator of the most iconic photographs of the twentieth century, dared to be different. Now, in this riveting new novel by the author of The Other Alcott, we see the world through her eyes . . . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1918, a fearless twenty-two-year-old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeast, determined to make her own way as an independent woman. Renaming herself Dorothea Lange, she is soon the celebrated owner of the city's most prestigious and stylish portrait studio and wife of the talented but volatile painter, Maynard Dixon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the early 1930s, as America's economy collapses, her marriage founders and Dorothea must find ways to support her two young sons single-handedly. 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Now, in this riveting new novel by the author of The Other Alcott, we see the world through her eyes . . . \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1918, a fearless twenty-two-year-old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeast, determined to make her own way as an independent woman. Renaming herself Dorothea Lange, she is soon the celebrated owner of the city's most prestigious and stylish portrait studio and wife of the talented but volatile painter, Maynard Dixon. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy the early 1930s, as America's economy collapses, her marriage founders and Dorothea must find ways to support her two young sons single-handedly. Determined to expose the horrific conditions of the nation's poor, she takes to the road with her camera, creating images that inspire, reform, and define the era. And when the United States enters World War II, Dorothea chooses to confront another injustice--the incarceration of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans. \u003c\/p\u003eLearning to See is a gripping account of the ambitious woman behind the camera who risked everything for art, activism, and love. 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