Learning to See

At a time when women were supposed to keep the home fires burning,Dorothea Langecreator of the most iconic photographs of the 20th centurydares to be different. Nowin this riveting new novel by the author of The Other Alcottwe see the world through her eyes… In 1918a fearless twenty-two-year old arrives in bohemian San Francisco from the Northeastdetermined 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 painterMaynard Dixon. By the early 1930sas America’s economy collapsesher 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 poorshe takes to the road with her cameracreating images that inspirereformand define the era. And when the United States enters World War IIDorothea chooses to confront another injustice—the incarceration of thousands of innocent Japanese Americans. Learning to See is a gripping account of the ambitious woman behind the camera who risked everything for artactivismand love. But her choices came at a steep price…