The Dust Bowl 1936-Battered and near death, Billie Bassett gazes up at the stars from the door of a boxcar wondering if she can go on. Yet, in spite of the violence and privation riding the rails, she endures and becomes one of the finest photojournalists in the nation.From humble beginnings in an Indian boarding school in Minnesota to high society in New York City, Billie experiences it all. Her … all. Her pioneering camera work attracts the attention of a group of elite New York journalists who catapult Billie to fame and fortune, but it comes at a price. Her talents are required in the war effort, and she must travel undercover, deep into Nazi Germany as a courier. By her side is the charismatic and acclaimed journalist, Max Rothman, Billie’s harshest critic and dearest friend. But Max does not reveal to her his own clandestine and dangerous agenda.
The Image Seeker is a tale of lost youth, strength, and rebirth set in one of our country’s most tragic eras, The Great Depression and in the cauldron of hatred that was Nazi Germany.
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This was a great book. I couldn’t put it down because I wanted to know what was going to happen. The characters were great and you couldn’t help but want everything to go right for them, sometimes it just didn’t. My only criticism is that the very end of the book was rushed and it was frustrating. Please read this, you’ll love it too!!
While this book could have been an interesting novel it falls short. There is minimal character development. The book seems to be written by and for a junior high school student.
3.5
Interesting.
There were times it was slow and mundane. Just facts and no emotional connection.
But other times it was very interesting. The hard times of Indians in the early 1900s and prejudice. The desperation of people looking for food and work because of the depression. Then using the Indians in the war.
It was an interesting read.
I didn’t know what to expect but I quickly got into this book and I couldn’t put it down!