Emma Chapman Emma Chapman i(A152030 works by)
Born: Established: 1985 ;
Gender: Female
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1 1 y separately published work icon The Last Photograph Emma Chapman , London : Picador , 2016 10201081 2016 single work novel historical fiction

'He walks into the living room and June is dead.

He centres her, checking the light. Focusing, he clicks the shutter.

He'll ask himself later, if he knew. It's easy to say that he had acted without thinking, out of instinct.

'Rook Henderson is an award-winning photojournalist, still carrying the hidden scars of war. Now, suddenly, he is also a widower. Leaving his son Ralph to pick up the pieces, Rook packs his belongings and flies to Vietnam for the first time in fifty years.

'As Rook reconnects with the changed landscape of a place he once knew so well, he reflects upon a life defined through his work in wartime Vietnam, and then further back in time through rural life in the 1970s, fashionable London in the 1960s, a post-war working class childhood in a Yorkshire mining town, and a secret grief he's never been able to forget.

'When Ralph follows him to Vietnam, seeking answers from the father he barely knows, Rook is forced to reconsider his marriage to the unforgettable June and the price he has paid for a life behind the lens.' (Publication summary)

1 7 y separately published work icon How to Be a Good Wife Emma Chapman , London : Picador , 2013 Z1916742 2013 single work novel thriller 'Marta and Hector have been married for a long time -- so long that she finds it difficult to remember her life before him. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife. But when Hector comes home with a secret, their ordered domestic life begins to unravel. In the shadows there is a blonde girl that only Marta can see. And she is trying to tell her something...'(Publisher's blurb)
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