Exposures, a novel

by Glenda Burgess

Witness the opportunity that is youth and the journey that is age. A tale of two destinies, two passions undiminished by setback or denial. Jess Cappello learned to photograph on the battlefields of Korea. Forty years later, at the apex of his career, the aged artist discovers he is losing his sight, and his muse--the dazzling young painter Catalina Brezza. Across the continent, Dr. Sarah Harte-Valentine is determined to prevent her daughter, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1420840649
• ISBN13: 9781420840643
• Release Date: May 2005
• Publisher: Authorhouse
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Elegant novel

I spotted this book and went directly to it. Its clean black & white cover and photograph of an avenue of leafless trees caught my eye among the other books with busy, fussy color covers. I've had my head down reading and writing non-fiction for awhile and was ready for a novel. Exposures has an interesting chapter layout...each begins with a description of a B & W photograph and a journal entry by the protagonist, Jess, a photographer in his early 60s. Jess is losing connection with his lover of many years, facing health issues, and having to navigate new relationships. The characters are well-drawn, the landscape pleasing, the story well-crafted. I kept thinking to myself..."this would make a great movie!" The only drawback was the uncareful editing at the beginning of the book, and I wouldn't have repeated the cover photograph on the title page...it lost its sharpness in this trade paperback printing. But otherwise a fine, satisfying read.