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Multiple Exposure
Multiple Exposure tells the story of one family’s life of arrivals and departures due to war. Ellen Masters’ husband is repeatedly deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. Ellen shares her struggles to connect with her husband and recounts her childhood in the woodlands where her vivid imagination develops as a coping mechanism to a traumatic childhood experience.
Ellen describes the cave that fascinates her throughout life and the brandy distillery that she inherits. The landscape is both inviting and haunting, intoxicating Ellen to stay in that place. Her husband, David, works with a Special Forces unit, and Ellen longs for their daughter to connect with him beyond photographs and Skype calls.
Multiple Exposure is about the combination of community and family identity and what it means to sort through the reality of war and trauma--it's a story that layers slow absences, love, and the fast-paced strategy of survival.
Ellen describes the cave that fascinates her throughout life and the brandy distillery that she inherits. The landscape is both inviting and haunting, intoxicating Ellen to stay in that place. Her husband, David, works with a Special Forces unit, and Ellen longs for their daughter to connect with him beyond photographs and Skype calls.
Multiple Exposure is about the combination of community and family identity and what it means to sort through the reality of war and trauma--it's a story that layers slow absences, love, and the fast-paced strategy of survival.
260 pages, Paperback
First published August 28, 2012
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About the author
Shana Thornton
11 books10 followersShana Thornton is the author of four books of fiction, Ripe for the Pickin' (2022), The Adventures to Pawnassus (2019), Poke Sallet Queen & the Family Medicine Wheel (2015) and Multiple Exposure (2012). She is co-author of the mindfulness and self-help book, Seasons of Balance: On Creativity and Mindfulness (2016). She is a registered yoga teacher and the series editor for the yoga books, BreatheYourOMBalance®. Shana earned an M.A. in English with honors from Austin Peay State University. She was the Editor-in-Chief of Her Circle Ezine, an online women's magazine featuring authors, artists, and activists.
Shana lives in Tennessee with her family.
Follow her on Twitter @shanathornton
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Visit her blog at http://shanathornton.com and the website http://www.thorncraftpublishing.com
Shana lives in Tennessee with her family.
Follow her on Twitter @shanathornton
Instagram @shana_thornton
Visit her blog at http://shanathornton.com and the website http://www.thorncraftpublishing.com
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Displaying 1 - 4 of 4 reviews
January 6, 2013
Multiple Exposure is the deeply nuanced story and timely examination of the ways in which we process and integrate violence and its ensuing fear in our contemporary culture.
In a singularly distinctive voice, Thornton raises questions that carry weight, all the while immersing the reader in lush language, emotion and visceral imagery. Through the intertwined narratives—Ellen’s past and family, her marriage, murder and war—Multiple Exposure at its center examines violence. It is an exploration of war—our implication, our connection, our responsibility, the voyeurism provided by media and the consequential numbness of our culture to brutality and exploitation—and our response to it. A multiple murder near the main character's home is juxtaposed against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq highlighting the reach and scope and seeming impossibility of escaping from violence.
Thornton expresses challenging points of view and gives shape to difficult images—that which we imagine in order to survive, as our worst fears take shape, and the ways by which we survive and heal.
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In a singularly distinctive voice, Thornton raises questions that carry weight, all the while immersing the reader in lush language, emotion and visceral imagery. Through the intertwined narratives—Ellen’s past and family, her marriage, murder and war—Multiple Exposure at its center examines violence. It is an exploration of war—our implication, our connection, our responsibility, the voyeurism provided by media and the consequential numbness of our culture to brutality and exploitation—and our response to it. A multiple murder near the main character's home is juxtaposed against the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq highlighting the reach and scope and seeming impossibility of escaping from violence.
Thornton expresses challenging points of view and gives shape to difficult images—that which we imagine in order to survive, as our worst fears take shape, and the ways by which we survive and heal.
Read the entire review here:
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November 18, 2012
A bit slow moving at times, but overall a great read! Solid 3 stars!
My rating system is as follows:
5 stars - Excellent, Worth Every Penny, Made It Into My Personal Library!
4 stars - Great book, but not a classic.
3 stars - Good overall, generally well written.
2 stars - Would not recommend based on personal criteria.
1 star - Difficult to read, hard to finish, or didn't finish. Wouldn't recommend purchasing or reading.
In accordance with the FTC Guidelines for blogging and endorsements, you should assume that every book I review was provided to me by the publisher, media group or the author for free and no financial payments were received, unless specified otherwise.
My rating system is as follows:
5 stars - Excellent, Worth Every Penny, Made It Into My Personal Library!
4 stars - Great book, but not a classic.
3 stars - Good overall, generally well written.
2 stars - Would not recommend based on personal criteria.
1 star - Difficult to read, hard to finish, or didn't finish. Wouldn't recommend purchasing or reading.
In accordance with the FTC Guidelines for blogging and endorsements, you should assume that every book I review was provided to me by the publisher, media group or the author for free and no financial payments were received, unless specified otherwise.
July 2, 2013
Thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was not predictable...lots of twists and turns in the storyline.
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October 12, 2012OMG it sounds breathtakingly amazing, cant wait to read it
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