The Photographer's Wife by Suzanne Joinson is a novel set in 1920's Jerusalem and 1937 England. The protagonist is not actually the photographer's wife, but rather 11 year old Prue, daughter of an English architect living in Jerusalem. Seventeen years later, she is an artist living by the English seaside with her young son, when memories of her childhood in Jerusalem come back to haunt her.
A beautifully written book, almost like a dream, yet lacking in depth and character development. It is a story of Colonialism and the horrors that can accompany it, seen through the eyes of a child. An ok read, I would like to read Joinson's earlier novel, A Lady Cyclist's Guide to Kashgar.
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