Amory Clay\'s first memory is of her father doing a handstand - but it is his absences that she chiefly remembers.
But Amory is hungry for more and her search for life, love and artistic expression will take her to the demi-monde of 1920s Berlin, New York in.
She begins an apprenticeship with him in London, photographing socialites for magazines.
Her Uncle Greville, a photographer, gives her both the affection she needs and a camera, which unleashes a passion that irrevocably shapes her future.
Amory Clay\'s first memory is of her father doing a handstand - but it is his absences that she chiefly remembers