Glenda Burgess Books

PRAISE for EXPOSURES

"The exquisite detail...a wonderfully delightful read."- Dennis High, Curator, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, CA

"With vivid detail, Exposures wraps the reader into the lives of two incredible characters who open our eyes to the world around us, as well as to the inner landscapes defined by heart, soul and life experience. I wept, I cheered, and I could not put it down. Exposures throws the reader into the detailed world of a world-class photographer Jess Cappello, mesmerizing the reader with true exposures of the heart and soul. Inspiration, heartbreak and true courage will keep you turning page after page and leave you wanting more! Remarkable!" - Yvonne Smith, Bella Design Group

"The treat is to learn something from a book, to carry the characters around in my thoughts, to add "what ifs" to the ending. It's all there in Exposures. Beautiful... I read Exposures in one sitting. I was caught by the combination of the characters, their interactions and the insights into them, and the lovely fragments of description teased with art history. The story is so clean, and clear. Understated, I think is a good word. The relationships are allowed to evolve and aren't predictable. They seem real, true to whom the characters are." - Patricia Rogers, M.D

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Book Highlights

FICTION

SO LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER

The Stone girls, queens of country music, almost have it all—until a mysterious death and a stalker from the past pit sister against sister in a struggle to stay true to each other and the music they love. "SO LONG AS WE'RE TOGETHER broke my heart and stitched it back together with endlessly sweet music. Tender, tough, and dazzling as an early snow. I loved this book." — Laura Benedict, THE STRANGER INSIDE

EXPOSURES

A reclusive photographer's life in the remote mountains of New Mexico intersects unexpectedly with the troubled life of a young cello prodigy. This unforgettable story sweeps the reader from a backcountry confrontation with a dangerous cougar to the career-making climax of an audition hall. Exposures is a sweeping tale of extraordinary talent and human destiny woven within the portals of music and twenty of history’s remarkable photographs.

LOOSE THREADS

Published for the first time in Britain as part of the "Great American First Novel" series, Loose Threads explores the uncommon thread, the path not taken as an emerging sculptor struggles through the complex turning points of her life. Engaging, fresh, and unforgettable, Loose Threads is a novel of the journey to authenticity and the redemptive power of genuine passion.

BIOGRAPHY / MEMOIR

THE GEOGRAPHY OF LOVE

Chosen as one of The Ten Best Books of 2008 by the Seattle Post-Intelligencer and a finalist for the 2008 Books for a Better Life Award, this tender and intimate memoir of a marriage will resonate with readers of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking, and Susan Duncan's Salvation Creek.

REFERENCE / ACADEMIC

A SPECIAL COLLECTION THESAURUS: WOMEN STUDIES

Special collections thesaurus developed at the University of Washington for the academic discipline of Women Studies.

EXPOSURES

EXPOSURES

PRAISE FOR EXPOSURES

"Jess Cappello is brought to life through the eyes of one who must have known and experienced the inner workings of a photographer. The exquisite detail developed to expose his challenging life is a wonderfully delightful read. By the end of book I was convinced I would want to exhibit the work of this amazing, more real than life, creative soul. Bravo! Bravo!" - Dennis High, Executive Director/Curator, Center for Photographic Art, Carmel, California

ABOUT THE BOOK
Witness the opportunity that is youth and the journey that is age. A tale of two destinies, two passions undiminished by setback or denial.

Jess Cappello learned to photograph on the battlefields of Korea. Forty years later, at the apex of his career, the aged artist discovers he is losing his sight, and his muse--the dazzling young painter Catalina Brezza. Across the continent, Dr. Sarah Harte-Valentine is determined to prevent her daughter, the fiery redheaded Zoë, a teenage cello prodigy, from following in the footsteps of her wayward father, a London jazzman. At stake, an audition that could make, or break, Zoë’s promising career.

Pressed to desperate measures, Sarah brings Zoë with her on an outback photography expedition, led by famed New Mexican photographer Jess Cappello. When a mountain lion stalks the camp and Jess fails to make a critical shot that could save their lives, Sarah deciphers the secret of his failing eyesight. In the face of Sarah’s formidable personality, an unexpected bond forms between the irascible photographer and the hot-headed rebellious teenager as Sarah barters the photographer’s growing influence over her daughter against her medical ability to treat Jess’ encroaching blindness. It is not until Jess returns with Sarah and her daughter to California and enters the world of Zoë’s music that he discovers the young cellist is driven by a passion and purity of instinct he understands. At stake is more than just one man’s vision and one young girl’s gift, but the absolute destiny of both.

First published 2000 by The Malvern Publishing Co. Ltd.,
United Kingdom
Second Edition, 2005

Cover photograph:
Olive Grove at Hidden Villa, 2000, by Kenneth Grunzweig