The Age of Light: The dazzling story of Lee Miller in Paris (Paperback)

Scharer simultaneously conjures Paris of the Thirties - whether artists' studios, seedy dives or glamorous parties - with the deftest of brush strokes - Daily Mail

A startlingly modern love story and a mesmerizing portrait of a woman’s self-transformation from muse into artist - Celeste Ng, New York Times bestselling author of Little Fires Everywhere

Here Scharer tells a vivid story - Eithne Farry, Daily Mirror

This gripping insight into the bohemian Paris of the 1930s is packed full of passion and heart - My Weekly

Captivating - Sunday Express

This is a sensuous evocation of the adventures of a talented and beautiful artist in the heady ferment of 1930s Paris - Daily Mail

A multifaceted portrait of a 20th-century icon . . . seductively drawn . . . the tale on one woman's determination to set her own course - Sunday Times

This intoxicating debut based on real-life model-turned-photographer Lee Miller is hard to put down - Woman's Weekly

Rapturous and razor sharp all at once . . . Whitney Scharer is a stunning new discovery. This novel sparks on every page - Paula McLain, New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife

Fans of Mrs Hemingway and The Paris Wife will love this one - Elle

Fascinating - Red Magazine

Utterly immersive . . . this is a powerful, sensual and gripping portrait of the forging of an artist’s soul - Madeline Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Circe

I adored The Age of Light by Whitney Scharer, which was every bit as wonderful as I’d hoped it would be. A stunning debut - fascinating, evocative and beautifully written. I loved it - Jill Mansell

Sumptuous and enveloping and beautifully told. I was utterly absorbed in Lee Miller's life and work, and in the heady atmosphere of 1930s Paris . . . Stunning - Laura Barnett, author of The Versions of Us

Based on the real-life relationship between iconic model-turned-photographer Lee Miller and surrealist artist Man Ray, this is a deliciously chic feminist take on a legend - Grazia

The Age of Light is mesmerising, beautifully written and deeply convincing. I loved it - Elizabeth Macneal, author of The Doll Factory

Spectacular and riveting . . . The prose is sleek and stylish and purrs along - Daily Express

Captivating - Good Housekeeping

This magnetic, addictive novel will beguile every reader. Read it, read it! - Jenna Blum, New York Times bestselling author of Those Who Save Us and The Lost Family

A dazzling novel of decadence, passion, art and betrayal . . . I adored it - Lucy Diamond

In this sumptuous novel, Whitney Scharer shines a well-deserved light on a fascinating figure - Emerald Street

This gorgeously written novel uses the relationship between Lee Miller and Man Ray to ask pertinent questions about the relationship between love, ambition and art - i-news

A collision of creativity, ambition, passion, jealousy and possessiveness . . . played out amid the giddy excesses of the surrealist crowd. Scharer captures the thrill of artistic creation and the swirling hedonism of Paris’s beautiful people - Times

A gorgeous evocation of the life of Lee Miller. The prose is stunning, the settings perfect - this is the woman that the work only hinted at. Absolutely breathtaking - Emma Flint, author of Little Deaths

Scharer sets her viewfinder selectively, focusing on her heroine's insecurities as much as her accomplishments as an artist; her hunger to be more than "a neck to hold pearls, a slim waist to show off a belt" is contrasted with her habit of solving problems by simply leaving. The price for Lee is steep, but it makes for irresistible reading. Sexy and moving. - Kirkus

Scharer’s stellar debut chronicles the tumultuous working and romantic relationships of photographer Man Ray and model-turned-photographer Lee Miller in early 1930s Paris. Scharer’s brilliant portrayal of the complicated couple features a page-turning story and thrillingly depicts the artistic process. - Publishers Weekly

A bold, intimate and gorgeous novel - at once a vivid romp through the salons and parties of the Paris art world in the 1930s and a breathtaking close up of a woman battling to be both muse and artist, lover and collaborator, and above all, herself - Jessica Shattuck, author of The Woman in the Castle and The Hazards of Good Breeding

An uplifting, heartbreaking and altogether immersive read - Helen Simonson, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Before The War and Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand

A masterpiece, The Age of Light is a searing, evocative novel of love and war, and a woman's fierce determination to transcend her role as muse and remake the world through her own art - Dawn Tripp, author of Georgia: A Novel of Georgia O'Keefe

Intoxicating . . . Scharer is always alert to the interplay of passion, intelligence, exhilaration, bitterness, and melancholy that fueled this unique woman to create a life of her own. The object of an intense bidding war that resulted in a million-dollar deal, Scharer's first novel more than lives up to its prepublication hype. - Booklist

Scharer’s wonderful novel is a sensory, sensual feast: a passionate love story, a clear-eyed examination of an artist’s life, and an evocation of the ways people can make and break each other - Kiran Millwood Hargrave

Glittering - TLS