A young woman immerses herself in the dazzling world of bohemia in 1920s San Francisco - and becomes one of the most important female photographers in the world ...

San Francisco 1918: Young Dorothea Lange has just arrived from New York - in her luggage her camera, high hopes and the dream of making a name for herself as a photographer. When she is robbed shortly after her arrival, she unexpectedly finds help in Caroline Lee, a spirited young woman with Asian roots. Her new friend introduces her to San Francisco's glittering art scene, and Dorothea falls in love with the brilliant but difficult painter Maynard Dixon. The young photographer suddenly finds herself in a world of bohemia, full of freedom, art and politics. But it is a racist attack on her friend Caroline that opens Dorothea's eyes to the reality outside her artistic circles. With her incomparable flair for the camera, she succeeds in capturing these abuses and drawing attention to them. Image by image, Dorothea discovers her purpose and becomes the artist whose iconic photographs moved an entire nation. "A powerful novel about a woman who defies convention to follow her passion" Kirkus Review.