Two Women by Laurie Lee

A short read – I finished it in an evening.  The book is composed of photographs and prose demonstrating a man’s love for his wife and daughter.  The book opens with this evocative sentence, which sets the scene for a haunting narrative: “The photographs in this book are of the two women who have occupied most of my late adult life, enclosing it in a double embrace, like bookends.”   I always enjoy Laurie Lee’s poetic way with words and this was no exception.