Later on, as most of her female high school classmates are dreaming of getting married, Margaret has her sights set on a much more “glorious future,” heading to Barnard College to study herpetology, where a photography class would change the course of her life. The story then tacks back to 1916 and Margaret’s youth in New Jersey, introducing a practically dressed 12-year-old with a passion for snakes, a stern mother who teaches her children to strive for perfection, and a father with an interest in both science and photography.
Army Air Forces to photograph an Allied attack on German troops in North Africa in December 1942, she escapes a sinking ship that has just been torpedoed by a U-boat (longing for better light to take photos all the while).
Written in a lively first-person narrative, the book opens with a gripping prologue in which Margaret offers a snapshot-style glimpse of her work in the field-on assignment for the U.S. GIRL WITH A CAMERA introduces trailblazing photographer Margaret Bourke-White (1904-1971). And when the unthinkable happens-Germany declares war on Russia-nothing in Anastasia’s world will ever be the same.* * * * Junior Library Guild Selection for Summer 2017 * * * * Peasants suffer under the burden of extreme poverty and Tsar Nicholas’s leadership power weakens. The secrets and strain are hard on the family, and conditions are equally dire beyond the palace walls. The girls’ younger brother suffers from an excruciatingly painful and deadly blood disease, and their parents have chosen to shield the Russian people from the severity of the future tsar’s condition. Life inside the palace is far from a fairy tale. It seems like a fairy tale existence for the four grand duchesses, dressed in beautiful clothes, traveling from palace to palace. Tsar Nicholas, Tsaritsa Alexandra, their four daughters, and the youngest child, Tsarevitch Alexei, are sailing to Romania to meet Crown Prince Carol and his parents. It’s summer in 1914 and the Romanovs are aboard the Standart, the Russian royal yacht.
There’s a heavy price to pay for royalty in this compelling-and true-story of Anastasia Romanov and her fellow grand duchesses of Russia, from an award-winning novelist.
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