Jeanne Mackin�s novel, The Beautiful American (New American Library), based on the life of photographer and war correspondent Lee Miller, received the 2014 CNY award for fiction. “From Poughkeepsie to Paris, from the razzmatazz of the twenties to the turmoil of World War Two and the perfume factories of Grasse, Mackin draws you into the world of expatriate artists and photographers and tells a story of love, betrayal, survival and friendship…an engaging and unforgettable novel” – Renee Rosen, author Doll Face ABOUT THE AUTHOR “Achingly beautiful and utterly mesmerizing…her vividly drawn characters…come heartbreakingly alive in their obsessions, tragedies and triumphs” – Jennifer Robson, author of Somewhere in France “Leaves its essence of love, loss, regret and hope long after the novel concludes.” – Erika Robuck, author of Fallen Beauty “A brilliant, beautifully written literary masterpiece” – Sandra Dallas, author of Fallen Women “Will transport you to expat Paris.” – Suzanne Rindell, author of The Other Typist Will Nora’s reunion with Lee give them a chance to forgive past betrayals, and break years of silence?Ī novel of freedom and frailty, desire and daring, The Beautiful American portrays the extraordinary relationship between two passionate, unconventional woman.ĪMAZON | BARNES & NOBLE | BOOKS-A-MILLION | GOOGLE PLAY | IBOOKSTORE | INDIEBOUND | POWELL’S PRAISE But Lee fails to realize that her friendship with Nora is even older, that it goes back to their days as children in Poughkeepsie, New York, when a devastating trauma marked Lee forever. Nora and Lee knew each other in the heady days of late 1920’s Paris, when Nora was giddy with love for her childhood sweetheart, Lee became the celebrated mistress of the artist Man Ray, and Lee’s magnetic beauty drew them all into the glamorous lives of famous artists and their wealthy patrons.
Lee suffers from what she witnessed as a war correspondent photographing the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. Nora is racked with the fear that her efforts to survive under the Vichy regime may have cost her daughter’s life. Neither has emerged from the war unscathed. There, she unexpectedly meets up with an old acquaintance, famous model-turned-photographer Lee Miller. As recovery from World War II begins, expat American Nora Tours travels from her home in southern France to London in search of her missing sixteen-year-old daughter.
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