Still life with bread crumbs a novel

Anna Quindlen — 2014

This novel begins with an imagined gunshot and ends with a new tin roof. Between the two is a wry and knowing portrait of Rebecca Winter, a photographer whose work made her an unlikely heroine for many women. Her career is now descendent, her bank balance shaky, and she has fled the expensive world she knows in New York City, sublet her apartment, and move to a small, inexpensive cabin in the country, where her life falls into a quieter rhythm. There she discovers, in a tree stand with a roofer named Jim Bates, that what she sees through a camera lens is not all there is to life.

Reviews

Sam Missingham@samatlounge

Sep 17, 2022

Quite a melodic and sombre love story. A nice read.

b.andherbooks@bandherbooks

Oct 9, 2021

A lovely, quiet tale of a sixty-something year old photographer who finds a new start in life after moving into a rural New York cottage. Finding herself lacking in funds and no-longer the famous photographer she once was Rebecca Winter tries to save some money by leasing out her expensive Manhattan apartment and living in a ramshackle little cottage in the woods near a small New York State town. Learning to live quietly and cheaply, alone, Rebecca eventually finds lots to love about her new life. This was a slow-build story for me, but I enjoyed the juxtaposition of Rebecca's former world with her new existence. It was great to read a story about an older lady who can be happy on her own (or with new friends) while making real art.

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