02448cam a2200325 i 4500 365851896 TxAuBib 20151008120000.0 141218s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781632863324 1632863324 (OCoLC)898419330 YDXCP eng rda YDXCP BTCTA OCLCQ BDX Z0P OCLCO CGP OQX OCLCO PX0 ABG OCLCO IK2 OCLCF OCLCO GZD TxAuBib rda Boyd, William. Sweet caress : the many lives of Amory Clay / William Boyd. Sweet caress : a novel. First U.S. edition. New York : Bloomsbury, 2015. ix, 449 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "When Amory Clay was born, in the decade before the Great War, her disappointed father gave her an androgynous name and announced the birth of a son. But this daughter was not one to let others define her; Amory became a woman who accepted no limits to what that could mean, and, from the time she picked up her first camera, one who would record her own version of events. Moving freely between London and New York, between photojournalism and fashion photography, and between the men who love her on complicated terms, Amory establishes her reputation as a risk taker and a passionate life traveler. Her hunger for experience draws her to the decadence of Weimar Berlin and the violence of London's blackshirt riots, to the Rhineland with Allied troops and into the political tangle of war-torn Vietnam. In her ambitious career, the seminal moments of the 20th century will become the unforgettable moments of her own biography, as well. In Sweet Caress, Amory Clay comes wondrously to life, her vibrant personality enveloping the reader from the start. And, running through the novel, her photographs over the decades allow us to experience this vast story not only with Amory's voice but with her vision. William Boyd's Sweet Caress captures an entire lifetime unforgettably within its pages. It captivates."--provided by publisher. 20151008. Women Fiction. Women photographers Fiction. War photographers Fiction. World War, 1939-1945 Fiction. Historical fiction.