The Photographer of the Lost

About this book

Until she knows her husbands fate she cannot decide her own... An epic debut novel of forbidden love loss and the shattered hearts left behind in the wake of World War I 1921. Families are desperately trying to piece together the fragments of their broken lives. While many survivors of the Great War have been reunited with their loved ones Edies husband Francis has not come home. He is considered missing in action but when Edie receives a mysterious photograph taken by Francis in the post hope flares. And so she beings to search. Harry Franciss brother fought alongside him. He too longs for Francis to be alive so they can forgive each other for the last things they ever said. Both brothers shared a love of photography and it is that which brings Harry back to the Western Front. Hired by grieving families to photograph gravesites as he travels through battle-scarred France gathering news for British wives and mothers Harry also searches for evidence of his brother. And as Harry and Edies paths converge they get closer to a startling truth. An incredibly moving account of an often-forgotten moment in history The Photographer of the Lost tells the story of the thousands of soldiers who were lost amid the chaos and ruins and the even greater number of men and women desperate to find them again. Caroline Scott is a freelance writer and historian specializing in WWI and womens history. The Photographer of the Lost partially inspired by her family history is her first novel.