Wilmington Memorial Library

Self portrait with boy, by Rachel Lyon

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fiction

Self portrait with boy

989963750

by Rachel Lyon

Brooklyn photographer Lu Rile is struggling to make ends meet, responsible for her aging father, and worrying that the crumbling warehouse she lives in is being sold to developers. Then, in the background of a self-portrait, Lu accidentally captures on film a boy falling past her window to his death. It's the best work of art she's ever made; it could change her life-- if she lets it. But the boy is her neighbors' son, and the tragedy brings all the building's residents together. Lu forges a bond with Kate, the boy's mother, based on sympathy, loneliness, and budding attraction. She is torn between using the photograph to advance her career, and protecting a woman she has come to love