5/24/2023 0 Comments Belle Epoque by Elizabeth Ross![]() ![]() With photography, as with any art, you are given the gift of connection, when you can say to a stranger: 'Look! I have something to tell you, I have something to say.'" ( ) What made this book make more of an impression on me was Maude's interest in photography & her thoughts, which mirror my own: "Using the camera as my tool, I hope to find that elusive inner light in the subjects that I photograph, both people & places, and to really see - see the truth and beauty of an instant. ![]() The women were strong, the men, meh, not-so-much! I liked that beauty bloomed no matter the looks of the girls and there was heart underneath the dejection. I liked the story, I liked the characters. When it all comes crashing down around both women, both Isabelle & Maude team up to show the aristocracy for what it is. Maude Pinchon has run away from a small town, where her father was planning to marry her to the local butcher.Īs a Repoussoir to Isabelle, a local heiress whose mother is planning for Isabelle's marriage Maude turns out to be more of a friend to Isabelle, who as it turns out has no intention of getting married, but plans instead to study science at the Sorbonne. That is the basis of this book: working in Paris as a Repoussoir, a plain companion that makes the woman who has employed her appear by comparison much fairer than she actually is. How would you like to be considered ugly? If you were poor, single, in a Huge City & in need a good paying job would you accept employment based on what others perceive based on your looks? ![]()
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